Currency Act
The Currency Act or Paper Bills of Credit Act is one of many several Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain that regulated paper money issued by the colonies of British America. The Acts sought to protect British merchants and creditors from being paid in depreciated colonial currency. The policy created tension between the colonies and Great Britain and was cited as a grievance by colonists early in the American Revolution. However, the consensus view among modern economic historians and economists is that the debts by colonists to British merchants were not a major cause of the Revolution. In 1995, a random survey of 178 members of the Economic History Association found that 92% of economists and 74% of historians disagreed with the statement, "The debts owed by colonists to British mer
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Currency Act
The Currency Act or Paper Bills of Credit Act is one of many several Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain that regulated paper money issued by the colonies of British America. The Acts sought to protect British merchants and creditors from being paid in depreciated colonial currency. The policy created tension between the colonies and Great Britain and was cited as a grievance by colonists early in the American Revolution. However, the consensus view among modern economic historians and economists is that the debts by colonists to British merchants were not a major cause of the Revolution. In 1995, a random survey of 178 members of the Economic History Association found that 92% of economists and 74% of historians disagreed with the statement, "The debts owed by colonists to British mer
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Le Currency Act ou Paper Bills ...... par les colonies américaines.
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Lei da Moeda foi criada pelo p ...... oderosas levando à Revolução".
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The Currency Act or Paper Bill ...... es leading to the Revolution."
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Le Currency Act ou Paper Bills ...... non soutenue par l'étalon-or.
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Lei da Moeda foi criada pelo p ...... utos para a metrópole inglesa.
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The Currency Act or Paper Bill ...... ed by colonists to British mer
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Currency Act
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Currency Act
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Lei da moeda
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통화 조례
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