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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.

🥥 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.
wonkette.com/p/american-histor
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#Thanksgiving #Intersex #ColonialAmerica #History #TuckersBalls

Wonkette · American History Corner: The Story Of Thomas(ine) HallBy Marcie Jones

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

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