We we never really won the Revolution. They left us alone militarily once they realized they controlled our financial system. They controlled this system because trade levies were the primary means of wealth back then and they controlled the import market to Europe. We needed access to these markets because our colonial economy was set up to be a net exporter of commodities such as cotton, wheat, and tobacco.
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We we never really won the Revolution. They left us alone militarily once they realized they controlled our financial system. They controlled this system because trade levies were the primary means of wealth back then and they controlled the import market to Europe. We needed access to these markets because our colonial economy was set up to be a net exporter of commodities such as cotton, wheat, and tobacco.
The book basically also states this point on page 110.
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