Europe's social structure was challenged by the growing number of free townspeople because they could not get a hold of everything already. With the addition of the increase of population, it is hard to divide resources and to everyone and this in return challenged the economy of the continent.
Louis XIV decided to have wars, and due to their expensive nature(due to the military revolution) he also lost these wars and got nothing really out of them. To fund his wars he put heavy taxes on the peasant class which also destroyed his economy
Explanation:
While Louis XVI wanted to be a good king and help his subjects, he faced enormous debt and rising resentment towards a despotic monarchy. His failure to successfully address serious fiscal problems would dog him for most of his reign.