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Louis XVI triggered the feelings of the French Revolution. The country's people where already not happy with the economic or social systems in France. When Louis XVI came into power he began wasting a lot of the country's money on unnecessary things for him self and the nobles. he created the palace of Versailles which is an extremely expensive palace that was built when he had a palace already located in France. He used this palace to hold banquets and other expensive parties. This was just one example of how he used the country's money for luxury. The French were not happy with this and this brought back many old memories of some of the corruption going on in France. The French people thought and said that they needed a revolution for their country. The where going to either bring down the king if he did not cooperate or they where willing to fight to have a better country. In summary king Louis XVI's actions sparked the French Revolution. i like trains.

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King Louis XVI contributed by being a terrible monarch. He spent all his money on himself and Marie Antoinette while the rest of the country suffered from a terrible famine. This led to the eventual uprising of the French people.

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He gave all that he could give in the twinkling of an eye. He was sent to the guillotine on 21 January 1793. The French Revolution was guilty of Regicide.

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He was the King of France, the absolute monarch.

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Yes, he was.

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