Even when faceing her own death she was a true lady.
And yeah their people went hungry and the people was poor, it was for a good cause because it was from the king helping america become free from england. It was not right for them to be killed for it. I am yeah you should always care for your own first before you help others but to lose your head for it when it was your husband who was incharge of it is nuts.
I don't remember it having much to do with the American Revolutionary War. Wasn't it about lavish spending while France was already bankrupt, and giving state secrets to Austria?
Essentially the Country was bankrupt and was slowly going into economic ruin. The economy heavily favored a top down economic system in which the 1st estate, the rich or nobility, paid far less to the crown than would be their fair share. Anther issue was that church property, which was roughly 1/3 of the land, was untaxable by the government. The third estate, poor nonclergy and non nobility bore the most weight of taxes as they could be taxed without exception and they had to pay tithes to the church. So france was out of money so the crown called a general assembly which brought together representatives from all the district's and diocese. They all show up but and argument immidiatly behind about the voting order and how much someone's votes worth do nothing got done. The king shut it down. So one of the economic advisors told the crown to continue as if nothing was wrong and they did but war, being the European way, broke out between the Austrians and someone else. France was was
Supposes to help the austrians but didnt have the money to so. The other European powers took notice of this. Then came the famines. Bread prices skyrocketed causing the third estate to be upset. Mary Antoinette's attitude didn't help much but she wasn't given much of a chance from the start.
She was unpopular because
1. She was Austrian
2. Her attitude towards the poor
3. The necklace affair
The necklace affair occures because a look alike woman goes to a craftsman and asks him to craft expensive jewelry for the queen, he accepts and builds and then gives it to the imposter. The imposter then flees leaving the crown with the bill. Mary Antoinette refused to pay it so a whole debacle forms and people are pissy about that.
And yeah their people went hungry and the people was poor, it was for a good cause because it was from the king helping america become free from england. It was not right for them to be killed for it. I am yeah you should always care for your own first before you help others but to lose your head for it when it was your husband who was incharge of it is nuts.
She was unpopular because
1. She was Austrian
2. Her attitude towards the poor
3. The necklace affair
The necklace affair occures because a look alike woman goes to a craftsman and asks him to craft expensive jewelry for the queen, he accepts and builds and then gives it to the imposter. The imposter then flees leaving the crown with the bill. Mary Antoinette refused to pay it so a whole debacle forms and people are pissy about that.