Question

why louis xvi had to increase taxes as soon as he ascended the throne of france?

Answer 1

buy one family of king ascended The Throne of France in 1774 upon his station he found that his treasury was empty long was with Britain the cost of maintaining and extraversion court at the invention of Versailles cause the maintaining a regular army training government offices etc , haddepleted the treasury Louis XVI was forced to increase taxes but his measures would not have sufficient as taxes were paid only by the third estate in the society .

Answer 2

Louis xvi had had to increase taxes because
i) long years of war had drained the financial resources of France .
ii) the king found an empty treasury .
iii) under France helped 13 american colonies to gain independence from their common enemy Britain.
iv) the cost of managing an extravagant court increased from 2 billion livres.