My glorious wall by Taylor Hindes https://padlet.com/thindes/tjq1vyso9o94 Made with whimsy en-us 2018-12-05 14:13:05 UTC 2025-11-09 04:00:35 UTC hello@padlet.com Section #2 thindes https://padlet.com/thindes/tjq1vyso9o94/wish/311361518 Why did France support the American Revolution?
  • The Seven Years Wars wounded the pride of France, weaken them.
  • France saw the American revolution as an opportunity to weaken Britain.
What effect did the American revolution on France?
  • Ideas of a revolution spread in France.
  • The High cost of the war made France struggle to compete with Britain, desperately needed money.
  • New taxes, take loans and raise tax, extremely unpopular to the people. Because many can't afford to pay them, they avoid them as much as possible.
  • 55% of government spending went to paying the debts, economy reaching a breaking point.


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