History of the United States I / Unit 9 USH1 1237 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Economic Elite
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The idea
Northern merchants consolidated in Boston, New York and Philadelphia, many descended from colonial trading families dealing in tea, sugar, pepper and enslaved Africans.
In practice
Networks reaching Europe, the West Indies and the Far East.
Where people slip
After the War of eighteen twelve they moved into industrial capitalism, adding factories to banking, insurance and shipping.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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