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History 7.2.

2023

After Jacques Turgot was financial manager from 1774-1776, Jacques Necker was appointed. He was
Swiss, common and Protestant, making his appointment initially controversial, though he was
thought of as a banking genius and was very popular amongst the third estate. He abolished many
Venal positions and tried to reconstructing taxes. He financed the American Revolution through
expensive

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