Dowd continues to say that Louis was more concerned with his own personal interests than that of the State and the Court. Often these matters bored him and he left it up to his advisors and ministers. Even worse he would make hasty decisions that would cause more consequences to France. Dowd argues government was inefficient and unrepresentative; that France’s support for the American Revolution was more a revenge policy by the monarchy after France’s drawn out Seven Year’s War with England.

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Approximate Word count = 1427
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)