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American Commerce’s Rocky Start
founders wanted free trade, they battled England for it
founders
wanted free trade,
Alexander Hamilton Vision
comfortable with commerce and cities, he believed in using the power of the fed gov to grow business
Jeffersonians
didn’t like trading, paper money, etc.
they didn’t like classes
market revolution
American system - state effort to grow the economy
transportation revolution - the railroad and other transportation
implications and results - telegraphs, better communication, rise in factory made products
second bank of the united states
1816
results of market revolution
a national market new factory made goods national brands modern financial tools price convergence panic of 1819 - caused by lots of speculation
legal context of economic growth
the Marshall Supreme Court and Judicial and Federal Supremacy
Law and the “Release of Energy”
Marbury v Madison(1803)
established Supreme Court as arbiter of Const
Dartmouth V Woodward, 1819
contracts supreme
McCullough v MD(1819)
States can not tax federal activities
Gibbons v Ogden, (1824)
congress regulates interstate commerce
Charles river Bridge Co. vs Warren Bridge(1837)
they built a bridge to charge tolls one was given a second charter after the first which took business away
law and the release of energy
Will theory of contract
limited damages under nuisance law
doctrine of assumption of risk(anti-worker/pro-business
fellow servant rule
new corporation laws with limited liability
putting out system
where there are products started in homes but sold to craftsmen