how was the financial conditiin when louis XVI came into throne ? What were the causes behind it ? please answer me please
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Louis XVI took over a country with serious economic problems. ... The people of France resented the fact that the King and Queen and the nobility lived in luxury, spending extravagantly despite the country's problems. Bad weather conditions led to poor harvests and inflation in 1788 and 1789.
1) Long year if war had drained the financial resources of France.
(2) High cost of maintenance of immense palace of Versailles and Court.
(3) Under louis XVI France helped the thirteen American colonies to gain independence.
(4) War added to a death.
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