Why was the French government bankrupt in 1789?

Why did the French government go bankrupt in 1789? B y 1789 France was broke. The nobility refused to pay more taxes, and the peasants simply couldn’t. Even the opulent King Louis XVI, fonder of hunting and locksmithing than governing, recognized that a crisis loomed.

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Hi, There! Why was the French government bankrupt in 1789?

Note: that the french originally went bankrupt in 1787

:. As you  can see below I Posted 2 reason why I think The French government with bankrupt

-France had spent a lot of money fighting wars.

- The royals, especially Queen Marie Antoinette, spent too much money on luxuries

- A corrupt tax system-some tax collectors did not hand all their taxes over to the government

2. Soaring Food prices-bad weather led to bad harvests

They spent all of their money fighting costly wars, and Queen Marie- Antoinette spent too much money on luxuries. that a crisis loomed.

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