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Protester shot in chest by live police round durin...
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.
24gttghh
on Oct 1, 2019
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>they nearly bankrupted themselves
They
did
bankrupt themselves. The Crown treasury was completely empty in 1788.
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