how can you hold Louis XVI responsible for preparing the background of the French Revolution??
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Louis XVI can be pointed out as one of the causes if we look at the background of French Revolution.
When the war of American Independence happened, Louis XVI, in awe of the influence towards the Americans’ cause of home rule and their agitation against the intolerable tight control policies, sent his army to America, to support the 13 colonies which were fighting against the British. Then, France was already tending towards bankruptcy, and this decision made the situation for France, worse and bitter!
As they say, war is never beneficial, not even for the winning side. America did win the war. But, when French returned home after the war, they gradually got more and more economically weaker. This is one point which comes under the economic causes leading to French revolution.