He tried to - in order to deal with the crippling debts of the French state (mostly incurred by various wars - most recently the French help to the American War of Independence), but he decided that he did not have the authority to impose new taxes. He turned first to an assembly of nobles (it is not true that French nobles paid no taxes - but they were free of some of the more important taxes) and then called an “Estates General” (the first for more than a century) in the hopes that the nobles and church would agree to contribute more money. But the whole thing got horribly out of hand (partly because Louis XVI was a very weak man - but also because he went into mourning for a dead son at a key time politically) and the French Revolution was the result.
I think he was 27.hopefully this helps
The correct answer to your question would be D.
The Rape of Nanjing was significant because of the sheer volume of people who were massacred, because it was actually a direct act of manipulation and terrorism, these two things made also the United States more attentive towards the happening in the Pacific as it saw that the Japanese had an increased growth in influence over this region.
Total of 372 precious souls
