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Actually, at the end of the Revolutionary War, the infant country was $25 million in debt to other countries and to wealthy persons who loaned much of the money that financed the War (when the government assumed all the debts it came to 79 million dollars, but assumption is another day). The Dutch, now Holland, but then called the Republic of Batavia, loaned Robert Morris, "The Financier of the Revolutionary War," almost $13 million. The balance of the money was loaned to the United States by other countries such as France and Spain, all enemies of England. The Continental Congress also floated promissory notes, promising to pay the buyer face value at the end of the War. Alexander Hamilton, First Secretary Treasurer of the United States, immediately went to Congress and urged that the War notes be paid. Of course his family, the Schuylers, the Van Rensselears, owned "the Lions' Share" of them and had bought them for pennies on the dollar. But that's another story.
The monetary cost of the American Revolution was very high. The American s about 400 million dollars to pay their troops, while the English spent about 250 million pounds. France also had great expenses that were about 1.3 billion livres.
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Where did the british surrender the Revolutionary War?
Yorktown, it was the last battle of the Revolutionary war.
What was troy in the Revolutionary War?
The British?
Did the British use counterfeited money during the revolutionary war?
Yes. The British issued counterfeit Continental money during the Revolutionary War.
Was Civil War before revolutionary?
no, the revolutionary war was before the civil war. the revolutionary war was when the colonists broke away from British rule. the civil war was when the north and south fought because of slavery. the revolutionary war was in 1775 and the civil war started in 1861
Name for british loyalists during the revolutionary war?
Redcoats or Lobsterbacks
What event became a symbol of british tyranny?
The Revolutionary War
What war was the british and Americans war?
The revolutionary war.
How much was a British shilling worth during the Revolutionary War?
forty three dollars
How many men did the British lose in the revolutionary war?
The British lost around 24,000 men during the revolutionary War
Where did the british surrender the Revolutionary War?
Yorktown, it was the last battle of the Revolutionary war.
What was troy in the Revolutionary War?
The British?
Who was the British war during the Revolutionary War?
There were many British generals at this time.
Who were important Europeans in the revolutionary War?
The British, Germans and the French were the important Europeans in the revolutionary war.
What role did the Americans play in the Revolutionary War?
In the Revolutionary War, The Americans fought against the British.
Did the British use counterfeited money during the revolutionary war?
Yes. The British issued counterfeit Continental money during the Revolutionary War.
What was the name of the war the us fought the British?
That would be the revolutionary war. That was the war in which the U. S. won it's independence from Great Britain.
Who was the revoltionary war won by?
The British won the revolutionary war!
