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📜 How Did Money Work in Colonial America?
💰 A Developing Economy in a New World

brewminate.com/a-developing-ec

Before the dollar, before a central bank, before even a unified nation—there was barter, wampum, foreign coins, and economic improvisation.

Explore how early Americans navigated trade, scarcity, and creativity in an economy still finding its feet.

Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas · A Developing Economy and Money in Colonial AmericaWhen the colonies did not have metal to coin, they frequently used paper money.

City Beautiful Blog has published a comprehensive timeline tracing New York's colonial period from British rule through the Revolutionary War. It's a valuable resource for understanding the foundational events that shaped Manhattan and the broader region. The timeline format makes it easy to see how political, social, and urban developments interconnected during this transformative period in American history. #ColonialAmerica #NYCHistory #AmericanRevolution #Timeline
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City Beautiful Blog · NYC History Timeline: Colonial New York And The American Revolution — City Beautiful BlogHistory of colonial New York from the start of British colonial rule to the American Revolution

Fascinating deep dive into New Amsterdam's 140-year history from City Beautiful Blog. Did you know the first Jewish settlers arrived in 1654 after being rescued from Spanish pirates? Or that Harlem was named after the Dutch city Haarlem?
From Verrazano's 1524 sighting through Peter Stuyvesant's stern rule to the peaceful 1664 English takeover, this timeline reveals the Dutch colonial foundations of modern NYC.
#History #NewAmsterdam #NYC #DutchHistory #ColonialAmerica
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City Beautiful Blog · NYC History Timeline: New Amsterdam — City Beautiful BlogDates and events in the history of New York from the time of the first European explorers to the end of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam.

🥥 A trewe tail for Thanksgiving season:
"...Before there was an America, one of the earliest white-people legal decisions ever here recognized that gender can be a nonbinary thing."
Busy bodies in 17th century North America -- after several thorough genital examinations -- determine that an intersex individual may wear both male and female clothing.The curious case of Thomas(ine) Hall.
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Wonkette · American History Corner: The Story Of Thomas(ine) HallBy Marcie Jones

Dear Friends,

#FensterFreitag. This #house, at least the main part on the right, is over 300 years old. It's a rare "overhanging salt box" style. The house is owned by the local township, is nationally registered as an historic site, yet remains in disrepair. I'll speak up about it having just noticed what poor condition it is in.

npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/

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#History #HistoryMatters #homestead #ColonialAmerica
#decay
#photography #PhotoResearcher

The Fiver:  Five Famous British Explorers

Seeing the world can be a dangerous business—especially when it hasn’t been done before.  Explorers from many countries and peoples have dared to take that first step beyond their known world to see what else is out there.  Britain is no different in this regard, having begun to see out no places along with most other European

anglotopia.net/british-history