What do Henry Hudson; Christopher Columbus; Mississippi River; cotton gin; Sutter’s Mill; tobacco; corn; smallpox; Boston; Philadelphia; Alexander Hamilton; Andrew Jackson; Erie Canal; New York Central Railroad; Central Pacific Railroad; Ohio River; beaver fur; interchangable parts; tariff; and New Orleans have in common?
They’re all things you need to state the importance of if you take Brad DeLong’s mock American Economic History mid-term. And there’s more.