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      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

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      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.