Summary of Thom Hartmann's The Hidden History of Monopolies

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#1 The American Revolution was fought against a transnational corporation that had a stranglehold on the economy of the colonies, enforced through the British East India Company. The colonists, led by Samuel Adams, destroyed the property of the company.

#2 The Boston Tea Party was the first act of defiance against the British government, and it triggered a war that ended with independence for the colonies. The Americans had thought they had put the East India Company in its place, but 150 years later, powerful rail, steel, and oil interests rose up to begin a new form of political system to benefit the wealthy and their corporations.

#3 The more things change, the more they stay the same. The year 1776 had a huge impact on the future of the world, as it was during this year that Thomas Jefferson and friends declared that they would no longer submit to the military, commercial, and political power of Great Britain.

#4 When he was the US envoy to Paris in 1786, Jefferson attacked specific monopolistic industries. The tobacco monopolies that had been granted by Great Britain and France were particular recipients of his bile.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 13, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822515024

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#1

The American Revolution was fought against a transnational corporation that had a stranglehold on the economy of the colonies, enforced through the British East India Company. The colonists, led by Samuel Adams, destroyed the property of the company.

#2

The Boston Tea Party was the first act of defiance against the British government, and it triggered a war that ended with independence for the colonies. The Americans had thought they had put the East India Company in its place, but 150 years later, powerful rail, steel, and oil interests rose up to begin a new form of political system to benefit the wealthy and their corporations.

#3

The more things change, the more they stay the same. The year 1776 had a