Assembly of Notables rejects tax reform
1787 · Event
Facing bankruptcy after the American war, Louis XVI summons France's grandees to approve a land tax that would finally reach the privileged orders. They refuse — and the search for anyone who CAN consent to taxation leads, two years later, to the Estates-General and revolution.
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