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... iron , and potash and pearl ash . Higher duties were imposed on colonial imports from foreign countries ; many goods were forbidden , and in 1766 all goods not already on the enumerated list ( e.g. , flour and fish ) bound for ports ...
... iron , and potash and pearl ash . Higher duties were imposed on colonial imports from foreign countries ; many goods were forbidden , and in 1766 all goods not already on the enumerated list ( e.g. , flour and fish ) bound for ports ...
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... iron . The American colonies enjoyed not only large deposits of bog and rock ore but , just as important , vast stretches of timber which could supply charcoal for the reduction of the ore . Fast - running streams through the forests ...
... iron . The American colonies enjoyed not only large deposits of bog and rock ore but , just as important , vast stretches of timber which could supply charcoal for the reduction of the ore . Fast - running streams through the forests ...
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... iron . Growth of the Iron Industry By the time of the Revolution , iron works had been built in every colony except Georgia . In 1700 , utilizing mainly bog ore , the seaboard colonies produced about 1,500 tons ; fifty years later ...
... iron . Growth of the Iron Industry By the time of the Revolution , iron works had been built in every colony except Georgia . In 1700 , utilizing mainly bog ore , the seaboard colonies produced about 1,500 tons ; fifty years later ...
Contents
Preface | 6 |
The Land and Its Imperial Suitors | 20 |
Everyday Life and Revolutionary Developments | 50 |
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