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: Instead of working honestly for a just settlement of grievances and inequities, the King entered into correspondence with foreign powers in an effort to regain his control over France. The Royal Family tried to escape from France in disguise, but they were detected near the border and brought back to Paris. When their correspondence was discovered, it became clear the King did not intend to cooperate with the Revolution and needed reforms, but instead sought to fight his own people for control of France. This disloyalty to his people justified a conviction for treason and execution by guillotine. Sponsored by Jumbo Privacy & Security
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Noah Wiener
, B.A. History, University of Oxford (2021)
Answered 3 years ago · Author has 346 answers and 2.8M answer views
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? The fundamental reason for the anger of the French (which is an oversimplification;