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As King Louis’s finance manager, Turgot had the unenviable job of persuading the French king not to go to war. His belief that the French should not bankroll American independence would prove prophetic: ultimately, the French Revolution was fought in part because the peasants could no longer survive the high taxes needed to pay for the Americans’ fight.
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...Jefferson’s Declaration. But Vowell also calls attention to the argument made by France’s finance minister, Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot . Turgot believed that the colonies were right to want freedom, but he also believed...
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