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One of the reasons the American Revolution started was because Great Britain was broke and kept taxing the colonist. Yet during the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, Great Britain was able to throw money at the coalitions over the years. So where did Great Britain get all this money?

by /u/MingleLinx in /r/AskHistorians

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