A key financial advantage the British government enjoyed over French rulers in the eighteenth century was
A) Britain's capacity to borrow large sums of money at low rates of interest.
B) a lower total amount of British government debt.
C) a strong policy against state borrowing of any kind in Britain.
D) no real curbs on state borrowing in France.
E) the abolishment of the Bank of England's influence in economic matters.
A
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