 Protests ensued when Louis pressed the issue, and the assembly was dissolved.Opposition continued until the resignation of d'Arnouville from the ministry in 1754, whereupon his successor, Jean Moreau de Séchelles, relented and allowed the clergy to be exempt and the "pays d'ètats" of Brittany and Languedoc to contribute with a lump sum payment.A second "vingtième" was levied at the beginning of the Seven Years' War in 1756, in the fashion of the old "dixième", and as the war continued, a third tax was levied in 1760.