In his book The French Revolution, William Doyle talks about the power of the king before the French Revolution. Doyle explains that the king has absolute monarchy over the citizens in France. An absolute monarchy is when a king or queen has full control over its citizens. The king is the judge, jury and executioner of his people. Whatever the king decides, no one has a say in what he has decided. There are several examples that Doyle talks about in his book that show how King Louis XVI had absolute monarchy over his citizens before 1787. It all started when King Louis XVI was in huge debt from being involved in three different wars. One of the wars was over the Caribbean islands, these islands