Potter’s raid ruined us he burned our mills and gins and a hundred bales of cotton I ded nothing os ledt now but bare land

this means that germany had to pay the allied countries. reparations are/is essentially payment for something that they have done wrong, so after ww1, germany was forced to pay reparations so they could replenish the allied countries resources' that they had lost during the war.

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the colonists were also expected to pay a tax to meet the costs of establishing and manning the borders of the proclamation line which led to the belief that the king had sided with the indians despite pontiac's rebellion, against the interests of the settlers. this contributed to the causes of the american revolution.