Western Civilization II / Unit 9 WC2 0808 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Capital, Free Trade, Fair Taxes, and Elites Who Did Not Sneer
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The idea
Beyond coal the anchor lists politics and culture: a parliament of free-trade believers, capital from reliable banks at fair interest under favorable law, taxes neither arbitrary nor high, and elites who did not despise commerce, unlike continental nobles barred from trade until the Revolution.
In practice
Unit 04's Bank of England paying off a century later.
Where people slip
Everything lined up; no one thing did.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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