For what reason did the french academy of science create the metric system?

The French Academy of Science was motivated to create such a system due to commercial, exploration/imperial and scientific requirements of the time

well first we can compare on what the slave masters ate and what the slaves ate well the masters ate fancy great food like chicken rice mash potatose and stuff like that and slaves ate well food that your not suppost to eat like the weird parts of turkey and chicken and slaves master chilled beat and eat and slaves work get beat and get little of sleep there you go