Question

What was the Louis XVI to raise taxes ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The five reasons which justify that King Louis XVI conclude to increase taxes were: The state increased the taxes and the people were forced to pay these taxes to meet the expenses required for maintaining court, army, government universities and offices.Also, the Peasants paid taxes to the Church called Tithes.

Answer 2

Answer:

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Explanation:

• In 1774, Louis XVI of the Bourbon family of kings ascended the throne of France. Upon his accession the new king found an empty treasury.
• Long years of war had drained the financial resources of France. Added to this was the cost of maintaining an extravagant court at the immense palace of Versailles.
• Under Louis XVI, France helped the thirteen American colonies to gain their independence from the common enemy, Britain. The war added more than a billion livres to a debt that had already risen to more than 2  billion livres.
• Lenders who gave the state credit, now began to charge 10 per cent interest on loans.
• So the French government was obliged to spend an increasing percentage of its budget on interest payments alone.
• To meet its regular expenses, such as the cost of maintaining an army, the court, running government offices or universities, the state was forced to increase taxes.

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