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1.03 One Revolutionary War

French Revolution & Napoleon (Grey History)

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The Great Boat Builder

The cost to the french government was poximately one point three billion livres. Yet what did that tremendous amount of money get the french? Well, it got them the treaty of paris which ended the conflict and resulted in american victory. Like the british empire after world war two, the victorious super power was irreversibly weakened by a war it supposedly won. France reclaimed the lost territories of tobago and cinegal wope friken do. These were not the draids the french were looking for. French canada remained in british hands. The return on equity was, in short, negligible. Almost all the tangible benefits of the conflict never materialized

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