How much merit do the economic factors behind the cry “No Taxation Without Representation” have when we consider the origins of the American Revolution?
In this episode of the Doing History: To the Revolution series we begin a 3-episode exploration of different aspects of the early American economy and what roles these economic aspects played in causing the American Revolution.
Serena Zabin, a Professor of History at Carleton College and author of Dangerous Economies: Status and Commerce in Imperial New York, helps us survey the economic scene by guiding us through the British North American economy on the eve of the American Revolution.
Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/159
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Episode 127: Caroline Winterer, American Enlightenments
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Bonus: The Stamp Act of 1765
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