In 1774, Louis-Auguste, the Dauphin of France acceded to the throne to become King of France and Navarre (Louis XVI or “Louis”), and he was not ready to rule a nation. In his youth he had received a strict and conservative education and had become fluent in Italian and English. One of his mentors had tried to prepare Louis for life as a monarch instructing him never to let anyone read his mind. This was interesting advice that likely had an impact on how things went down as he often said things in public that made no sense.
Basically on his first day on the job, he was faced with a problem.