Question

discuss any three reasons for the empty treasure of France when king Louise xvl was throned

Answer 1

1.Under Louis XVI,France helped the thirteen American colonies to gain freedom from common enemy Birtain.The war added more than a thousand livres to a depth that was already rising.


2.Long years of war had drained the financial resources of France and added to this was the cost of maintaining an extravagant court at the immense palace of Versailles.


3.Moneylenders started giving state credit and started charging 10% interest on loans.Therefore the government was obliged to spend an increasing amount of its money in paying the interest loans