The Economic History of the United States 17

The Economic History of the United States 17

1. Lecture 17
The Economic History of the United States

4. 1913 1914
x 7.7
12 hours
to 93
minutes

5. Venture
Tobacco
Taxes
Cotton
Steam
Canals
Railroads
Telegraph
Gold
Slavery
War
Oil
Steel
Machines
Light
Retail
Unions
Papers
Trusts
Food
Computing
Start-Ups
Finance
Shoes
Internet
Mobile
Autos
Radio
Bootlegging
Banking
Film
Flight
Suburbia
Television
Roads

6. Venture

7. Joint-Stock Company
Shares
Transferability
Limited Liability

8. Virginia Company - 1607
12 Pounds 10 Shillings
12.5 Pounds
8.72 Pounds
144% of annual salary
$59,384 - $85,126

9. Mayflower Company - 1620
£1,200 pounds = $8,172,110
Restructure
£1,800 converted from shares to debt at £200 a year
Bradford assumed for exclusive fur-trading rights

10. Tobacco

11. Taxes

12. Stamp Act
Townshend Act
Duties - Import & Export
Boycott

13. Cotton

16. James Watt Adam Smith

17. Eli Whitney

20. 1 to 50

24. Manufacture
or
License