It could be said of Louis XVI that it was his main achievement of his reign was that he allowed the French Revolution to occur. Because of his actions and lack of action, it was his fault that the monarchy in France ended. If he had been the strong leader that was needed at the time he and his wife would have lived and continued the rule of France by the monarchy.
When Louis first came to power, the monarchy in France was already in debt due to the major borrowing of money by previous rulers. But Louis did not care. He borrowed a great deal more money to help aid the American Revolution against Great Britain, France’s main rival. Also