Many historians argue that foreign policies and war significantly influenced the outbreak of the French Revolution by causing great financial difficulties. Since the late 17th century, France had participated in a series of wars: the Nine Years' War (1688-1697); the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1713); the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) which left France with little territorial gain; the Seven Years War (1756-1763) which merely added to the debt; culminating in the American War of Independence (1775-1783). ... The King's reputation relied on maintaining a strong pos...

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