2.  The Ruhr Crisis was France’s response to Germany’s failure to pay reparations according to the Treaty of Versailles.

4.  France and Britain disagreed on how to deal with Germany for not paying reparations. -Britain wanted them to be able to rebuild their economy -France wanted to weaken their economy through reparations

5.  French and Belgium sent forces on Jan. 11 th to occupy Germany’s main industrial region when the Germans didn’t pay the scheduled reparations.

6.  Germany missed a delivery of timber as part of their reparations  The goal of France was to collect the missed payment from the Germans by taking the goods from the mines and factories and shipping them to France

7.  The workers didn’t cooperate with the French and Belgian forces. Instead, they destroyed the goods, mines, and factories in protest.  German workers protested and became violent towards the French and Belgian troops. German Protest

8.  The destruction of goods led to hyperinflation in Germany.  Attempting to fix the problem, the German govt. printed more money which only led to more inflation.

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