Why did the french excecute there king?

Question

Why did the french excecute there king?

Answer 1

When things got tough, the king got going. He was disloyal and tried to leave the country, but was caught.

Answer 2

Histoire

Le règne de Louis XV

• Louis XV fought many wars, bringing France to the verge of bankruptcy, and Louis XVI supported the colonists during the American Revolution, exacerbating the precarious financial condition of the government. The national debt amounted to almost 2 billion livres. The social burdens caused by war included the huge war debt, made worse by the monarchy's military failures and ineptitude, and the lack of social services for war veterans.

• An inefficient and antiquated financial system unable to manage the national debt, both caused and exacerbated by the burden of a grossly inequitable system of taxation.

• The Roman Catholic Church, the largest landowner in the country, which levied a tax on crops known as the dîme. While the dîme lessened the severity of the monarchy's tax increases, it worsened the plight of the poorest who faced a daily struggle with malnutrition.

• The continued conspicuous consumption of the noble class, especially the court of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette at Versailles, despite the financial burden on the populace.

• High unemployment and high bread prices, causing more money to be spent on food and less in other areas of the economy.

• Widespread famine and malnutrition, which increased the likelihood of disease and death, and intentional starvation in the most destitute segments of the population in the months immediately before the Revolution. The famine extended even to other parts of Europe, and was not helped by a poor transportation infrastructure for bulk foods. (Some researchers have also attributed the widespread famine to an El Niño effect,[2] or colder climate of the little ice age combined with France's failure to adopt the potato as a staple crop[3])

• No internal trade and too many customs barriers[citation needed]

• There were also social and political factors, many of which involved resentments and aspirations given focus by the rise of Enlightenment ideals:

• Resentment of royal absolutism.

• Resentment by the ambitious professional and mercantile classes towards noble privileges and dominance in public life, many of whom were familiar with the lives of their peers in commercial cities in The Netherlands and Great Britain.

• Resentment by peasants, wage-earners, and the bourgeoisie toward the traditional seigneurial privileges possessed by nobles.

• Resentment of clerical privilege (anti-clericalism) and aspirations for freedom of religion, and resentment of aristocratic bishops by the poorer rural clergy.

• Continued hatred for Catholic control and influence on institutions of all kinds, by the large Protestant minorities.

• Aspirations for liberty and (especially as the Revolution progressed) republicanism.

• Anger toward the King for firing Jacques Necker and A.R.J. Turgot (among other financial advisors), who were popularly seen as representatives of the people.[4]

• Finally, perhaps above all, was the almost total failure of Louis XVI and his advisors to deal effectively with any of these problems.

Answer 3

He did not give his people and freedom. He was cruel to his people.

Answer 4

Long story short: they didn't like him

Answer 5

They executed THEIR king for several-fold reasons. One, the nobility lived in unbelievable luxury and idleness while there were increasing food crises throughout France. This is a simplified reason.

Two, the French Parlement (like the English Parliament) wanted the king, who was an absolute monarch, to make various changes and concessions. The king refused. This is also simplified.

Three, taxes, taxes, taxes. The poor, who made up most of the population, paid nearly all the taxes. The rich, who owned most of the land and controlled most of the wealth, paid basically no taxes. Again, a "nutshell" reason.