American Economic History

agricultural American became began Board Boston Britain British brought CALIFORNIA canal capital cent colonies colonists commerce Company Congress corporations cotton Court currency debt declared demand depression dollars duties economic England English enterprise Erie Canal especially exports factories farm farmers Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System finance foreign G. P. Putnam's Sons gold governor greenbacks half hundred important increased Indians industry iron issue Knights of Labor labor land later less loans manufactures Maryland Massachusetts ment mercantilist merchants million mills monopoly mother country national banks Navigation Acts Negroes North northern Ohio organized paper money Pennsylvania period political President production profit prosperity protection railroads revenue Revolution River settlement settlers ships silver slavery slaves soon South Carolina southern Stamp Act supply tariff taxes thousand tion tobacco took trade Treasury Union United UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Virginia wages West Indies western workers York