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Jeff and Scott chat with Ben Jaros about how tobacco tariffs influenced the finances of colonial Maryland and Virginia and the broader Atlantic economy.

Send us Fan Mail Jeff and Scott chat with Ben Jaros, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, about his paper, “Tobacco Tariffs in the Colonial Chesapeake.” Ben explains how tobacco tariffs shaped the finances of colonial Maryland and Virginia, the English Crown, and the broader Atlantic economy from the early 1600s through the Revolutionary War. We discuss who actually bore the burden of these tariffs, why European consumers may have paid most of the cost, and how tobacco revenue helps e...

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Hosts: Jeff, Scott

Guest: Ben Jaros

Topics covered

• tobacco tariffs
• colonial economy
• Atlantic economy
• financial history
• colonial Maryland
• colonial Virginia

Keywords

• tobacco tariffs
• colonial Chesapeake
• Ben Jaros
• Hoover Institution
• Revolutionary War
• colonial economy
• Maryland
• Virginia

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hoover Institution

Books & works: Tobacco Tariffs in the Colonial Chesapeake

Places: Maryland, Virginia, England

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