Late 18th Century
One Unpaid Tobacco Debt Cost France a Continent
A single unpaid loan to an American tobacco farmer in 1781 would eventually cost France an entire continent.
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Download on the App StoreLate 18th CenturyEarly 19th CenturyFranceUnited StatesLouisiana PurchaseAmerican RevolutionFinancial CrisisInternational DebtNapoleon BonaparteThomas JeffersonColonial EconomicsTobacco Trade
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