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Louis XVI

SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
6/1/2023

Does the Man at the Top Get the Blame for Bankruptcy? French Nobles Found Out the Hard Way

by Christine Adams

French nobility expected a bankruptcy crisis abetted by their intransigence to force Louis XVI to accept a constitutional monarchy. They got revolution instead. Does the House Freedom Caucus understand this lesson?

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Louis XVI

Does the Man at the Top Get the Blame for Bankruptcy? French Nobles Found Out the Hard Way

by Christine Adams