Question

How did court life at versailles contribute to the unpopularity of louis and marie antoinette?

Answer 1

Answer:  The correct answer is :  Maria Antonieta was not familiar with French customs, she had no education and she spent too much, which led to debt and financial crisis. The disastrous economy placed the population against the kings. It was thought that she completely controlled the king.

 

Explanation:  Maria Antonieta was considered a symbol of aristocratic decadence, she was criticized in every way, she had to correct her teeth with surgery without anesthesia because in court she was told that they were too crooked, it was pointed out that she had an affair with a soldier who was she believed that he was the father of her children, with knowledge of her husband Louis XVI.

Louis XVI called a meeting of the general state because he was desperate for ideas and for money. Then Luis tries to escape from Paris to get help from abroad to obtain his monarchy, but the royal family was recognized at the border and they were imprisoned, while his subjects mocked them.

Answer 2

The ensuing debt and financial crisis contributed to the unpopularity of the Ancien Régime. This led to the convening of the Estates-General of 1789. Discontent among the members of France's middle and lower classes resulted in strengthened opposition to the French aristocracy and to the absolute monarchy, of which Louis and his wife, Queen Marie Antoinette, were viewed as representatives. Increasing tensions and violence marked by events such as the storming of the Bastille during which riots in Paris forced Louis to definitively recognize the legislative authority of the National Assembly.