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Based on the evidence in the source and your own knowledge explain how King Louis XVI came to be King of France.

Based on the evidence in the source and your own knowledge explain how King Louis XVI came to be King of France.

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Based on the evidence in the source and your own knowledge explain how King Louis XVI came to be King of France. 

  

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Explain whether you think people would think the lettres de cachet was a fair system that was put in place by the King and his ministers. Give a reason for your answer. 
▼ SOURCE 1A The Old Regime The system of government was known as absolutism. Louis XVI was a hereditary monarch, and believed that he was to rule by divine right. Although the king was an absolute monarch that did not mean he could rule cruelly or unreasonably. An obvious example of the king's great power, were the lettres de cachet, a warrant signed by the king for someone to be arrested and imprisoned. Lettres de cachet were letters signed by the king of France, countersigned by one of his ministers, and closed with the royal seal. They contained orders directly from the king, often to enforce arbitrary actions and judgments that could not be appealed. No reason needed to be given and the victim could be held at any length of time.
Transcribed Image Text:▼ SOURCE 1A The Old Regime The system of government was known as absolutism. Louis XVI was a hereditary monarch, and believed that he was to rule by divine right. Although the king was an absolute monarch that did not mean he could rule cruelly or unreasonably. An obvious example of the king's great power, were the lettres de cachet, a warrant signed by the king for someone to be arrested and imprisoned. Lettres de cachet were letters signed by the king of France, countersigned by one of his ministers, and closed with the royal seal. They contained orders directly from the king, often to enforce arbitrary actions and judgments that could not be appealed. No reason needed to be given and the victim could be held at any length of time.
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