| TREATY / EVENT
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WAR BEFORE / AFTER
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INSTITUTIONAL INSTRUMENT CREATED
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PURPOSE OF LEGITIMIZATION
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TRANSFERRED INHERITED ASSETS
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NOTE
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| 1814–1815 Congress of Vienna
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Napoleonic Wars
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-
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Restoration of monarchies; bankers gain control of state finances.
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National treasuries, tax systems, and future state revenues placed under creditor oversight.
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Yes
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| 1816 – Austrian Default
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Napoleonic Wars
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Oesterreichische Nationalbank (Central Bank)
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First "bailout" model: bankruptcy → central bank under private control.
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Austria's currency issuance and state finances surrendered to creditors.
|
-
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| 1821–1832 Greek "Independence" Loan
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Greek Revolution (1821–1830)
|
-
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Independence granted with debt → foreign control of customs and public lands.
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Greek customs, public lands, and future revenues mortgaged to British bondholders (Rothschild).
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-
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| 1842 – Treaty of Nanking
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First Opium War (1839– 1842)
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-
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Legalization of opium trade; extraterritoriality imposed.
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Hong Kong, treaty ports, and Chineseindemnities transferred to British private interests.
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-
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| 1848 – Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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Mexican–American War (1846– 1848)
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-
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U.S. acquires 50% of Mexico - financed by banking houses.
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Land, gold, silver, and resources of northern Mexico transferred to U.S. corporate interests
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-
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