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A Poor Man's Country

By Graham

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The Broad Opportunities of America

  • Wide distribution of Property
  • Less than 30% held no

property, including slaves

and servants

Thomas Hutchinson,

Royal Governor of Massachusetts

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The Shield of Capitalism

  • Broad base of property holders
  • Life, Liberty, and Property

John Mitchell's Map 1755

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Fluidity and Living Standard

  • Anthony Lamb
  • Living standard for typical white family likely highest in the world by 1770s
  • Comparing

American

Dreams

Beacon Hill

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Disappointment with Money Scramble

French And Indian War

Trading with the Enemy

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egler, Carl N. Out of Our Past. Third Edition ed. New York: Harper Perennial, 1984. Print.

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