the British seemed unbeatable. During the previous 100 years, the British had enjoyed triumph after triumph over nations as powerful as France and Spain. At first glance, the odds were clearly against the Americans. A closer look provides insight into how the underdogs emerged victorious.
Britain's military was the best in the world. Their soldiers were well equipped, well disciplined, well paid, and well fed. The British navy dominated the seas. Funds were much more easily raised by the Empire than by the Continental Congress
Answer: C.) He lived a lavish lifestyle and mishandled national finances.
Explanation: The French resented the royal family for their lavish lifestyles, and though King Louis XVI was not a tyrant in the way one would think, he did mishandle many of France's finances and send the nation into crippling debt after being persuaded into aiding American troops in the Revolutionary War. He did not have a strong personality for politics and was often known as unintelligent and gullible more than anything else.
The main answer to this is that peasants, and/or subjects feared what would happen to them if they disobeyed tax collectors, or powerful people within the government.
No because that would give the president too much power and our government was created to not have that problem.
