due to Louis XVI extravagant spending in the American Revolution and other factors such as the royal coffers being depleted and absolute monarchy as well as decades of poor harvest and skyrocketing bread prices. Even worse there were heavy taxes.
In 1786 France was a country on the brink of bankruptcy due to Louis XVI extravagant spending in the American Revolution and other factors such as the royal coffers being depleted and absolute monarchy as well as decades of poor harvest and skyrocketing bread prices. Even worse there were heavy taxes.
