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While the American Revolution greatly accentuated the development of manufacturing in the US, this did not miraculously happen overnight, and the colonies in 1775 were not really a "simple agrarian society," though much of "America" was rural and this fact persisted until well after the Civil War. Mercantile capitalism was powerful and producing much wealth, including the solid beginnings of manufacturing, before the Revolution occurred -- which is in no small part why the colonists rebelled. They wanted to control, tax, and benefit from their own development, and not let the cash go to the English. The new American government under George Washington (who was developing a capitalist whiskey business/industry near his death) and his right-hand helper Alexander Hamilton certainly promoted the growth of manufacturing, and was almost overtly into supporting and touting capitalism -- and in 1794 belatedly some of America's rural dissenters against capitalism rebelled and were immediately smashed by an American army larger than any Washington had had during the Revolution. Who led this army west from Philadelphia to the environs of Pittsburgh and ran roughshod over rebels who had already decided to quit rebelling, in what he derisively called the Whiskey Rebellion? Col. Alexander Hamilton. The musical is a whitewash of Hamilton. Wythe > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. ***************************************************************** Before the Revolutionary War, America was the simple, agrarian society that Thomas Jefferson so revered. It was the Revolutionary War itself that transformed America into a manufacturing powerhouse that within a few short decades would overtake and surpass the manufacturing prowess of Europe's greatest countries. It was the American government itself that led this effort, organizing and teaching the small craftsmen of the country how to become large scale producers, and providing them with the necessary cash, raw materials, and transportation resources. The short-term result was the effective arming of the nation, but the long-term implications involved placing the government at the forefront of industrialization in the United States: "When the American Revolution began, the ... colonies in rebellion were not prepared for war and were slow to understand how to support themselves productively. As *Amphitrite's* tale displays, it was also unlikely that Americans could rely on foreign supplies. So the US government embarked on a program to harness the resources of the nation's manufacturing sector and direct the production of equipment for the Continental Army. ... *http://www.delanceyplace.com/view-archives.php?p=3208 <http://www.delanceyplace.com/view-archives.php?p=3208> * _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/wytheholt%40cox.net _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
