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American History

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2. Interesting ---- for over a century, Britain paid for soldiers to protect colonists from Native Americans (They were

Reply to eShirl (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 11:07 PM

10 hrs ago

called Indians then) and from attacks by the French and lesser threats from the Spanish.

The King's treasury was running deficit and wanted payback for that protection. Was he wrong?

I know there were other factors involved, including the implementation of the economic theory of Mercantilism.

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