Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The Birth of Banking in the United States
Colonial experiments with paper currency established a precedent for the financing of the American Revolution in 1775. The Continental Congress at Philadelphia was not empowered to directly tax colonists, and it could not borrow enough money from Britain's traditional enemies to cover all the colonies' financial needs. More information: click
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