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Il Read the following passages and answer the questi
vas 20 years
Passage No:1 In 1774, Louis XVI of the Bourbon
family of Kings ascended the throne of France. He
old and married to the Austrian Princess Marie Antoinette. Upon his accession the
tew king found an empty treasury. Long years of war had drained the financial resources of
rance. Added to this was the cost of maintaining an extravagent court at the immense Palace of
ersailles. Under Louis XVI France helped the American Colonies to gain their independence from
he common enemy, Britain. The war added more than a million livres to a debt that had already
sen to more than 2 million livres. Lenders who gave the state credit; now began to charge 10%
terest on loans. So the French government was obliged to spend an increasing percentage of its
udget on interest payments alone. To meet its regular expenses such as the cost of maintaining
army, the court, running government offices or universities, the state was forced to increase
xes.French society in the 18th century was divided into three estates and only the members of
e third estate paid taxes.
1 The cause for the emptied treasury of France.
1. French revolution
2. The common people did not paid the tax
3. France helped the thirteen American colonies to gain their independen
4. Subsistence crisis​

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