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April 23, 1787
King Louis XVI's speech before the Assembly. He concedes to nearly all objections of the Notables, even agrees to let them have a peak into his accounts. But he still wants the land tax.



May 1, 1787
The new finance minister is one of the Notables — Étienne-Charles de Loménie de Brienne, Archbishop of Toulouse. What will his strategy be?

Abolish privileges and impose a land tax. Louis fired Calonne, but not his reforms.