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During the revolution, the U.S. started printing lots of money to pay for the war, since the federal government couldn't levy taxes due to the laws laid out by the Articles of Confederation. Lots of available money leads to inflation.

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The Revolutionary War lead to massive inflation for the colonies because the Continental Congress was printing money at an incredible rate. This led to the depreciation of the Continental dollar.

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It was because the deat of the bills and families and taxesthat increased inflation.

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