The American Economy Of 1776

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It takes a lot of guts for a colony to declare independence from a ruling power. It takes a lot of preparation, too. So how well prepared were the American colonies to cut ties with Britain and go it alone? Today on The Indicator, we take stock of the economy of colonial America as it was in 1776, to see where it was weak and where it was strong.

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