The goal was to get many countries away from their previous colonialist systems, but instead many kept them. Many European countries started pulling their money, converting it to gold, experiencing economic collapse, which in turn affected the worth of the US dollar. With America at risk, President Nixon decided to pull out of the Bretton Woods Agreement.

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