Louis Xvi's Contribution To The French Revolution

Louis XVI was the last king of France, he was born on 23 august, 1754, in the palace of Versailles. He was named Louis Auguste de France and he was given the title du de berry. He was the third son of Louis, dauphin of France and the grandson of Louis XV of France. Marie-Josephe of Saxony was his mother, she was the daughter of Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, also the King of Poland. He had seven brothers and sisters. Louis XVI was the king of France from 1774 to 1792. Louis XVI had 8 brothers and sisters.

Louis XVI was characterized as a good man but not a good king, because he didn’t do many things in his era. Louis XVI got married in May 1770 at the age of 15 from a 14-year-old Habsburg Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette). She

Joan Haslip wrote of Louis XVI, “he was a superb rider, dashing and courageous, always in the midst of the fray, the first at the kill”.

Louis XVI’s actions in France caused the French revolution, he also helped in moving the British out of North America, France played a role in the American Revolutionary War [American War of Independence; 1775–1783] this was at the era of louis XVI.

Louis XVI had many accomplishments one of them is that he supported the American revolutionary efforts. Louis XVI was convinced to secretly send supplies, ammunition and guns. He signed a formal Treaty of Alliance in early 1778, and went to war with Britain. France’s military assistance to the Americans was a disappointment with defeats at the Rhode Island and the Savannah. In 1780, France sent Rochambeau and de Grasse to help the Americans, and also sent large areas of land and many brilliant naval forces. The French force arrived in North America on the month of July at the year 1780. The arrive of the French fleets in the Caribbean Sea was followed by the capture of some of the sugar islands, including Tobago and Grenada. In the month October 1781, the French naval blockade was a

But this doesn’t mean he didn’t do anything to change the world, one of the things he did to change the world was that he helped in moving the British out of India. Many Franco-Indian alliances were formed between France and Indian armies between the 18th century to the reign of Napoleon. Following the huge alliances of Dupleix, an alliance was created by Louis XVI's France during the late 18th century in an attempt to move or kick Great Britain from the Indian subcontinent. After that, numerous proposals of alliances were created or formed by Typo Sultan, leading to the destroyance of a French fleet of volunteers to help him, and even creating an effort by Napoleon to make an agreement with India, throughout the 1798 Campaign of Egypt. In the late 17th century François Bernier (1625–1688), a great and famous French physician and traveler, became announced for 12 full years the personal physician of the great Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. In the early 18th century, France was greatly involved or put in the power play in India. The French General Dupleix was allied to the great Murzapha Jung, and also with the famous Chanda Sahib, in the problem against Robert of the East India Company. These relationships were very good to the French, and French allies gained areas such as the Alamparai Fort in return for the services provided by the French army against the British army. The