Causes for the downfall of an absolute monarchy (1789)
- Created by: Cazzalarr
- Created on: 14-05-16 17:20
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- Reasons for the downfall of an absolute monarchy
- Louis Himself
- Greedy and selfish made a bad trait for a king
- Him and Marie-Antionette spent money carlessly
- Royal government was poor
- King didn't use advisors and dismissed the better ones (e.g. Necker)
- Louis wasn't king material due to being the second in line to the thrown behind his brother
- strongly influenced by Austrian - Marie-Antionette
- Society and Social issues
- Money
- Royals spent money carelessly, whilst there was starvation in the provinces
- Ancien Regime
- Estates 1 and 2 were treated differently from the 3rd esate
- Feudalism and hierarchies made society a bad place
- Estates were corrupt and disliked within the system of France
- Money
- Enlightenment
- New ideas about religion and alterntive options - came from America after their independence from Britain in 1776
- New ideology showed that France could be an equal place
- America had shown a rebellion to work
- Troops from France exposed to new ideas during the war of independence
- Finance
- War
- American war of independence was very expensive
- Foreign policy had made the king very unpopular
- American war of independence was very expensive
- Taxation system was corrupt
- Priviledges to the 1st and 2nd estates
- 3rd estate bore the biggest burden for tax, but couldn't pay
- Church finances were also corrupt
- Calonne's reforms had failed
- War
- Louis Himself
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