Economics & Trade
The war finance, trade policy, and economic ideas of 1776, including Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations.
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The Model Treaty (Plan of 1776)
The Model Treaty, also called the Plan of 1776, was a template for the commercial treaties that t...
Black Sailors and Privateers in the Revolutionary War Eco...
Enslaved and free Black sailors and privateers crewed the merchant and privateer vessels that sus...
Roderigue Hortalez et Cie
Roderigue Hortalez et Cie was a fictitious commercial house established in 1776 to channel covert...
Water Mills and Industrial Power in 1776 — The Pre-Steam ...
In 1776, water-powered mills remained the foundational energy source of industrial economies, dri...
The War for American Trade: Privateering, Commerce Raidin...
Congress authorized privateering on March 23, 1776, transforming merchant vessels into licensed c...
The Wealth of Nations
*An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations*, commonly known as *The Wealth o...
Textile Manufacturing and Trade Disruption in 1776
Britain's monopoly on American textile imports collapsed in 1776 as naval blockades and revolutio...
The Prohibitory Act and the Blockade of American Trade
The American Prohibitory Act (formally *An Act to prohibit all trade and intercourse with the Ame...
James Watt's Steam Engine - Commercial Introduction
In 1776, James Watt's revolutionary steam engine was introduced commercially for the first time, ...
The British East India Company in 1776
The British East India Company's 1776 operations consolidated monopoly power over Asian trade and...
American Fiscal Crisis & Continental Congress Finance
The Second Continental Congress in 1776 faced an immediate and structural fiscal crisis: it posse...
American Privateering Commissions and Early Operations in...
Facing the overwhelming naval superiority of the British Royal Navy, the Continental Congress leg...