French Monarches

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  • King Henry IV

    King Henry IV
    August 2, 1589 though May 14, 1610
    Assassinated
    1. First monarch in the house of Bourbon
    2. Granted religious freedom to the Protestants
    3. Lowered taxes on the French citizens
    4. Open trade routes with Asia
    He gets an A because he gave freedom of religion and he was good to his citizens and found a way to earn money for his country

  • Louis XIII

    Louis XIII
    September 27, 1610 through May 14, 1643
    Died of Chrones Diesease
    1. First absolute ruler
    2. Powerful Navy was built
    3. Development and administration of New France
    4. Settlement of Quebec westward along the Saint Lawrence River from Quebec City to Montreal
    He gets a A because he developed New France , Quebec and Montreal, and Built a powerful Navy

  • Louis XIV

    Louis XIV
    September 5, 1638 - September 1, 1715
    He died of Gangrene
    1. Strongly in mercantilism and worked to increase France's resources in precious metals
    2. Intensive waging of war bankrupted the state
    3.Raised taxes on the French citizens
    4. "Code Noir" or "Black Code," which allowed the full use of slaves in France's colonies
    He gets a D- because he was in wars so often that he made the state go bankrupt. He raised taxes on the french citizens, and made the Black Code (slaves).

  • Louis XV

    Louis XV
    February 15, 1710 - May 10, 1774
    Died of Smallpox
    1. Didn't recover from last king
    2. Spent more time with women than running a country
    3. Kept young girls in a house (Deer Park)
    He gets a F because of what he did in his private life. He spent more time with women and young girls than he did running a country, and he couldn't recover from the past king.

  • Louis XVI

    Louis XVI
    August 23, 1754 - January 21, 1793
    Execution (Guillotine)
    1. Taxes still rained down
    2. Secretly plotting to restore the power of the Crown in a new form of constitutionality
    3.Louis attempted to flee secretly from Paris to the regions with his family in the hope of forcing a moderate swing in the revolution
    4.Comment Treason
    He gets an F because he commited treason, and was doing things in secret

  • Louis XVII

    Louis XVII
    March 27, 1785 - June 8, 1795
    Died of Tuberculosis
    1. Was imprisoned with his parents
    2. Taking from his mother in 1795
    3. Was tought to curse his parents
    4. Worked hard as a little boy as a cobbler's assistant
    He gets an A because of what he had to go through and he never got to rule.