How did the colonies pay the debt they owed to France after the American Revolution? Around how long did it take to pay off the debt?

During the war, France shouldered a financial burden similar to that of Great Britain, as debt from the American Revolutionary War was piled upon already existing debts from the Seven Years' War. The French spent 1.3 billion livres on war costs equivalent to 100 million pounds sterling (at 13 livres to the pound).1775 - Paying for the American Revolutionary War was the start of the country's debt. 1781 - The Department of Finance was created. 1783 - The U.S. debt totaled $43 million. Congress was given the power to raise taxes to cover the Government's costs

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HE wants to reconstruct, Cux he says" let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds,

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