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“We must bear up against them, and make the best of mankind as they are, since we cannot have them as we wish” - George Washington

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Readings

• https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-american-revolution
• https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/jay-powell-the-prepster-banker-who-is-standing-up-to-trump#intcid=_the-new-yorker-homepage-bkt-a_07c73b05-160e-45d0-9ffe-a26b780d62ee_cygnus-personalized

Introduction

“Don’t forget the barrels”, George Washington wrote to Artemus Ward on March 2, 1776. The barrels were to be rolled down the steep slopes of Dorchester Heights on to the expected charging British army. Presumably Washington thought that the barrels were a key component of the defense — barrels rolled down a hill - together with the guns that Henry Knox had dragged from Fort Ticonderoga — that would help the Patriots would drive the British from Boston.

Figures (WIP)

• GDP Per Capita Across British Colonies
• Population of the Thirteen Colonies
• Britain’s War Debt #1
• Britain’s War Debt #2
• Taxes
• War