Pre-Revolutionary Economics

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Examines the economic issues leading to war with Britain. Examines slavery, agriculture, raw materials, manufacturing, trade and taxes.

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"By the 18th century, the relationship between the American colonists and Britain and the British Parliament had as its basis a complex pattern of economic ties and conditions. The fact that the American Revolution was initiated over taxes and economic independence more than any other single issue was no historical accident, for while Britain and the American colonies were tied together in a number of cultural, social and political ways, the relationship (as is the rule between a mother country and her colonies) remained at base an economic one. This paper examines the ways in which the economic performance of the American colonies affected the colonists relationship with Britain, discussing the deterioration of that relationship in the years before the Revolution.

In some key ways, the Americans suffered in terms of their ..."

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