Title: What made the French so angry with King Louis XVI that they demolished the Monarchy and guillotined their King and Queen during the French Revolution? - Quora
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What made the French so angry with King Louis XVI that they demolished the Monarchy and guillotined their King and Queen during the French Revolution?
Content: So in short, the anger against Louis XVI was down to the idea that he was committing treason. Was he really, or was it a reasonable response to the excesses of the Revolution? I’ll leave that for you to decide. Hassan Marie
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Originally Answered: What made the French so angry with King Louis XVI that they demolished the Monarchy and guillotined their King and Queen during the French Revolution? Killing the king was a 'burning your ships' move. There could be no turning back. You have to anderstand that the revolution was not so popular in France, even if changes were welcomed. You have also to understand than most of the events that created national outburst ... were mostly 'modernisations