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Louis XVI was not strong monarch. He was not a tyrant as the Jacobins made him to be, but rather docile, weak ruler who did not know how to lead his country through the time of crisis. He was not prepared into the role of the monarch, as it became rather accidental as his older brother and father died and he was not groomed much into the position by his grandpa Louis XV. When Louis became a king, he was more interested in conformity, and was often described by contemporaries as a good hearted imbecile. He did not exercise his royal authority, which eventually caused an erosion of Absolutist system.

Between 1775 and 1789, the power of the monarch weakened, which was a problem in the time of the national crisis. He did not enforced censorship of people who criticized him, nor made widespread arrests of his opponents. People were joking about him, his private life, his family, and nobody was punished. He became a laughing stock of the country and he could do nothing about it. During his predecessor reign, people who even dared to criticized his mistress could face up to 30 years of prison. Yet Louis let people who made false accusation about sexual matter of queen to go free. His authority declined and with it the royal institution. Not even army or nobility respected him. Louis also became known as indecisive person who lacked a will and strength to enforce his position.

During the later years of monarchy, he also did not trust people around him and his royal administration was handled by inexperienced queen, Marie Antoinette, who was probably the most hated woman in French history. The king entrusted her with handling sensitive matters, which were not a part of the official court politics, alienating skilled ministries and advisers. Jefferson said that Marie Antoinette was catastrophe behind the throne and Louis should never allowed her to interfere within the state system. He said without her there would not be revolution. Marie Antoinette thought it as a way to secure his husband power, but it actually weakened them both.

Well Louis XVI wasn't suited to be king he didn't necessarily want it he was shy and had little knowledge of ruling he, he ad Nicholas II of Russia were rather the same...but in truth he wasn't the worst cause..neither was his wife the two of them were rather charitable (but their good deeds were over looked and lies were spread). But the main reason why the French wanted him gone is over his past relatives King Louis XV and XIV spent madly on so much, while letting the people starve while they partied, hunted and had fine dinners every night and basically Louis was left with the bill he couldn't pay. The American revolution took a huge toll on them as Louis sent so much help he left very little of the money...which of course he misjudged but that was basically his only fault that badly effected the French(but too much was taken and so many died as crops failed and the money was gone leaving poverty )...the rest was from Louis XV & XIV...the people just wanted a reason to lash out