Question

Why did the french goverment increase the taxes in very short answer

Answer 1

Heya mate!

The French government increased taxes because of a long period of war under Louis 16 who helped 13 American Colonies which drained the financial resources..

Moreover the maintaining of the extravagant courts incurred a huge amount of cost..

Thus the treasury was empty and taxes were increased..

Hope this helps..

Answer 2

France has empty treasure because of long years of war and to meet regular expenses they had increased the taxes