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Who proposed taxing the nobles and clergy

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Jacques Necker

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Answer:

Calonne

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As a last resort, Calonne proposed to the king the suppression of internal customs duties and argued in favor of the taxation of the property of nobles and clergy.Under the pressure of the opposition, Louis XVI dismissed Calonne in 1787 and exiled him to Lorraine.

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