Money and finance in colonial America

Synopsis

From Native American wampum to a "pine tree shilling" from colonial Massachusetts, students get a fascinating look at the development of currency in colonial America. Trade, taxes, early banks, and bankers are illustrated with vivid primary-source imagery and documents. From the cover of a Stamp Act register to announcements of new British-imposed taxes, students get an insight into the dollars and cents of life in the American colonies as the foundations of trade, commerce, and banking were being laid.