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It‘a kind of ironic, the French were so focused on screwing over the British, that they nearly bankrupted themselves and raised a generation of freedom fighting officers. Both eventually led to food shortages and revolution.



>they nearly bankrupted themselves

They did bankrupt themselves. The Crown treasury was completely empty in 1788.




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