04190cam a2200685 4500 599093296 TxAuBib 20220602120000.0 ||||||s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781250261304 1250261309 4cc6f3ee-4765-41e5-b437-5f0e8c470483 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 4847670 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Shachtman, Tom. The Founding Fortunes [Libby Audiobook] : How the Wealthy Paid for and Profited from America's Revolution. Macmillan Audio, 2020. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 297MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 297MB. american revolution history. American Revolutionary War. American economic history. continental congress. alexander hamilton. george washington . financial history. Boston Tea Party. american history. john jacob astor. thomas jefferson. Economic Systems. william bingham. Albert Gallatin. British History. wealth history. Robert Morris. Henry Laurens. books on tape. James Madison. valley forge. john hancock. elias derby. audio books. audiobooks. first bank. us history. yorktown. Finance. Wealth. HTML:In The Founding Fortunes, historian Tom Shachtman reveals the ways in which a dozen notable Revolutionaries deeply affected the finances and birth of the new country while making and losing their fortunes. While history teaches that successful revolutions depend on participation by the common man, the establishment of a stable and independent United States first required wealthy colonials uniting to disrupt the very system that had enriched them, and then funding a very long war. While some fortunes were made during the war at the expense of the poor, many of the wealthy embraced the goal of obtaining for their poorer countrymen an unprecedented equality of opportunity, along with independence. In addition to nuanced views of the well-known wealthy such as Robert Morris and John Hancock, and of the less wealthy but influential Alexander Hamilton, The Founding Fortunes offers insight into the contributions of those often overlooked by popular history: Henry Laurens, the plantation owner who replaced Hancock as President of Congress; pioneering businessmen William Bingham, Jeremiah Wadsworth, and Stephen Girard; privateer magnate Elias Hasket Derby; and Hamilton's successors at Treasury, Oliver Wolcott, Jr. and Albert Gallatin. The Founders dealt with tariffs, taxes on the wealthy, the national debt, regional disparities, the census as it affected finances, and how much of what America needs should be manufactured at home in ways that remain startlingly relevant. Revelatory and insightful, The Founding Fortunes provides a riveting history of economic patriotism that still resonates today.. Nonfiction. Business. History. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-31 20:00:03. Hopkins, Sean Patrick. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1493-1/4847670-TheFoundingFortunes.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=4cc6f3ee-4765-41e5-b437-5f0e8c470483&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1493-1/4847670-TheFoundingFortunes.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=4cc6f3ee-4765-41e5-b437-5f0e8c470483&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)