Quite a few supporters for independence in America’s revolutionary war against England were quite wealthy, and stood to make very good money with an independent US. Hancock was one of them.
I don’t know if I’d say that was the entire reason for the war of independence, but I think it was substantial enough that we can consider it an example in this case.
nah, it’s a relatively new thing, like only found after ww2.
I don’t think so. For example, isn’t it believed that Rothschild was a large contributing factor to The War of 1812?
I’d imagine a lot of those “old money” families dabbled throughout history
Quite a few supporters for independence in America’s revolutionary war against England were quite wealthy, and stood to make very good money with an independent US. Hancock was one of them.
I don’t know if I’d say that was the entire reason for the war of independence, but I think it was substantial enough that we can consider it an example in this case.