LOUIS 16 FOUND AN EMPTY TREASURY BECAUSE SUPPORTING 13 AMERICAN COLONIES TO GAIN INDEPEDNENCE FROM THEIR COMMON ENEMY BRITAIN LONG YEARS OF WAR ADDED TO THIS WAS THE COST OF MAINTAINING THE IMMENSE COURT AND IMMENSE PALACE OF VERSAILLES THE WAR ADDED MORE BILLON LIVRES THAT ALREADY RIEN TO 2 BILLON LIVRES