But the responsibilities of government weighed upon him every day,especially the urgent need to fill the national treasury.Louis' next attempt to do soarrived at Versailles in the shape of Jacques Necker,one of the wealthiest men in Europe.Necker is an enormously rich Genevan banker.States like France, which,you know, is having financial problems,finds it terrifically advantageous,because it means that he places his personal creditto the benefit of the state.He seemed initially as a sort of miracle man,because by establishing confidence, financial confidence,the state can boom.Necker arrived at an exciting time in Versailles.France's old enemy, England,was struggling with an armed rebellion in its American colonies.A rebellion that Louis wanted to support.
