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Why was the french government bankrupt in 1787
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Why was the french government bankrupt in 1787

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Mainly through its financing of the American revolution it had accrued debts of hundreds of millions of Francs and when it tried to finance the debt through taxation the public refused to pay so the government was left bankrupt.
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