1774 Louis XVI placed Turgot in charge of finances and introduced free circulation of grain. Founded School of Medicine in Paris.
1775 Droits d'octroi were reduced, prison reform begun, and the death penalty for deserters was abolished.
1776 The king signed the six edicts of Turgot comprising the abolition of the corvee. The parlements resisted the edicts, preventing them from becoming law. In the same year he reduced his household.
1778 More taxes reduced.
1779 The king abolished servitude and other reforms were made.
1780 Further reductions in the Royal household were made, hospital reform was begun, prison reform continued, most torture was abolished.
1784 Relief given to Jews.
1786 More hospital reform, aid to the deaf, and provisions made for lost children.
1787 Steps taken towards the total abolition of the corvee, more reductions in royal household, civil rights accorded to Jews and Protestants.
1788 All forms of torture were abolished, greater freedom given to press, steps towards abolition of lettres de cachet.
All of the above is taken from Nesta Webster's Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette during the Revolution, but it is a matter of public record. Anyone who thinks Louis XVI was a lazy, sluggish, do-nothing king need only examine the six volumes of laws passed during his reign. He wanted to reform the feudal tax system, which is why he called the Estates-General. If all the nobles and wealthy clergy had been minimally taxed, there would have been no deficit.
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He followed divine right- that it was there given right to rule by God
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He said that he is the state
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He took over the throne at the age of four
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Known as the sun king
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Absolute monarch
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Built a fortress around the county
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Ruining the French economy with excessive taxation
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Endless wars
Louis XVI of France.
louis xvi along with his wife was guillotined
Louis XVI was considered a traitor by the people of France because of his oppression of the poor people. The nobility would work them but then not pay, with Louis XVI consent.
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were moved to the Palace of Tuileries in 1791.
King Louis XVI reigned from 1774 to 1793.
Louis XVI (the sixteenth / seize)
No, Louis xvi is not single.
Louis XV was the grandfather of Louis XVI
Louis XVI never had a grandchild.
Louis XVI of France.
Louis XVI, who was beheaded along with his son, the [presumptive] Louis XVII. When the monarchy was restored, Louis XVIII became king.
louis xvi along with his wife was guillotined
Trial of Louis XVI happened in 1792.
Louis xvi was born on August 23, 1754
The King was Louis XVI.
Louis XVI of France was born on 1754-08-23.
King Louis XVI of France.