Why were Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette so unpopular, despite the king's seeming eagerness to promote reform?
A) They were extremely devout Catholics and seemed to be under the direct control of the papacy.
B) They meddled too much in government affairs, when people thought they should stay out of that which they did not understand.
C) They lived extravagantly and appeared indifferent to the misery of the people or the problems of the government.
D) They traveled abroad constantly and were never in France to deal with the problems the country faced.
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