How did the government of Louis XIV negatively affect the people of France?

Louis XIV., King of France

King Louis XIV reigned as King of France and King of Navarre from 1643 to 1715, the year of his death.  Louis XIV was one of those kings that inherited the throne at an early age, four to be precise.  He did not actually start making decisions and actually ruling until 1661, when the chief [...]

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