page_title: Financial costs of the American Revolutionary War
section_title: Economic warfare and financing
hierarchical_section_title: Financial costs of the American Revolutionary War / Economic warfare and financing
caption_attribution_description: Boston Tea Party English: Boston Tea Party Deutsch: Darstellung der „Boston Tea Party“ Lëtzebuergesch: Sujet: Boston Tea Party
context_page_description: The American Revolutionary War inflicted great financial costs on all of the combatants, including the United States, France, Spain and the Kingdom of Great Britain. France and Great Britain spent 1.3 billion livres and 250 million pounds, respectively. The United States spent $400 million in wages for its troops. Spain increased its military spending from 454 million reales in 1778 to over 700 million reales in 1781.
caption: The Boston Tea Party, an early American boycott of British goods which resulted in increased tensions prior to the Revolution.
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