I don’t know exactly what government would do, but inflation most likely come from shortage is a good.
The Black Death was a devastating global epidemic of bubonic plague that struck Europe and Asia in the mid-1300s. People gathered on the docks were met with a horrifying surprise: Most sailors aboard the ships were dead, and those still alive were gravely ill and covered in black boils that oozed blood and pus.
To stay out of foreign affairs unless they directly affected the U.S itself.
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1. They became better educated.
2. They took jobs writing books.
3. They learned about freedom.
The third one , A new class of wealthy