Accomplishments and Failures
Accomplishments:
Failures:
- He held his monarchy for the longest time (72 years).
- He built the Palace of Versailles.
- He founded colonies in the Americas.
- He made France the most protected country in his rule by making the French army very large and powerful.
- He held power during three main wars: The Franco-Dutch War, The War of the League of Augsburg, and The War of the Spanish Succession.
Failures:
- He revoked the Edict of Nantes which protected the religious freedom of the Huguenots. More than 200,000 Huguenots fled which made France lose a lot of skilled workers and business leaders.
- He fought many wars and built the expensive $2 billion (In today's money) Palace of Versailles which put France in deep debt.