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i believe that marie antoinette is one of the most controversial women in european history. i believe that the controversy comes from all of the myth and folklore surrounded by her existence. it seems to me as though, marie antoinette's overspending was a scapegoat to france's true problem, which was the banishment of the middle class, or the hugenots during the "sun king" or king louis the 14th's reign a long time ago. king louis the 14th went into debt by building versailles. it was only marie antoinette's spending, and the cost of the seven years' war, and the cost of helping america in their own revolution that cause france's financial problems. america was a brand new country. how could france expect them to be able to pay their debts from france? that was pure ignorance. no matter how much they hated great britain, they shouldn't have put themselves in that situation (even though i am american, and by the french's help, they helped us fight for our independence, we could've managed on our own). i believe that marie antoinette is simply, as i stated earlier, a scapegoat for the true problem. absolutist rulers( king louis 14th), who give their sucessor's( king louis 15-16th) bad examples.