Is it fair to blame Louis XVI for the government's failure to deal with the financial crisis of the 1770s and 1780's?

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Is it fair to blame Louis XVI for the government’s failure to deal with the financial crisis of the 1770s and 1780’s?

         As with any revolution they are never mono-causal, and cannot be blamed on one person or thing. There are always many reasons for the revolt, strikes and demonstrations throughout the whole country. The financial crisis tipped France into revolution. However the crisis cannot be fully blamed on Louis.

Some historians would believe that he was to blame. One reason is that his personality was not the perfect “king” material. This was because he was not the sharpest person around. He was very indecisive which is very bad for a leader. He did not make the correct changes to his way of leading to help the country through the crisis. He was a very weak man. He was easily bent; the other rival ministers took advantage of his weakness and forced Louis to dismiss Turgot.

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        Another reason is that Louis would not call the Estates-General. He did not want to panic the whole nation by calling three hundred men of each estate to meet at Versailles. He instead called the ‘Assemble of Nobles’ which concluded that the only way to pass the new laws and taxes was through the Estates-General. It is thought by some that this unwillingness to call the estates general caused the revolution to happen. It was only called once Necker returned to be the Controller General. This delay caused ‘the Revolt of the Nobles’

        However other historians believe that ...

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