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The American Revolution - The Dollar Act, Right?
In 17 92, Andrew hamilton introduces in the united states a thing called the dollar act. This makes the dollar legal tender in america for the first time ever. The reason they did this is they wanted to break with everything british. They decimalized the dollar, so they had one dollar, had a hundred cents, and that was the way it was broken up. That amazingly, you know that tother the sign for a pound in england? Yes, it comes from libra. It's the original roman sign for money. Soi londoneum. Yeendeed. You're based on the american revolutionary. Wich is exactly what johnsn
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