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The plan was to offer
the american colonists prize money
to make tar and pitch, so a) you'd get
what you needed, and b) keep them so busy,
they wouldn't have time to set up industries
to compete with Britain. And especially
in the southern states, like the Carolinas, they'd need extra manpower
to produce the stuff. So you'd also be able
to sell them what they needed to chop trees down,
african slaves
the american colonists prize money
to make tar and pitch, so a) you'd get
what you needed, and b) keep them so busy,
they wouldn't have time to set up industries
to compete with Britain. And especially
in the southern states, like the Carolinas, they'd need extra manpower
to produce the stuff. So you'd also be able
to sell them what they needed to chop trees down,
african slaves
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The plan was to offer
the american colonists
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prize money
to make tar and pitch,
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so a) you'd get
what you needed,
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and b) keep them so busy,
they wouldn't have time
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to set up industries
to compete with Britain.
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And especially
in the southern states,
00:00:14.999 --> 00:00:15.137
like the Carolinas,
00:00:15.137 --> 00:00:18.999
they'd need extra manpower
to produce the stuff.
00:00:18.019 --> 00:00:20.398
So you'd also be able
to sell them what they needed
00:00:20.398 --> 00:00:24.149
to chop trees down,
african slaves.
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Movie Summary
Follow James Burke through the history of science and technology in this collection of 10 1-hour episodes, starting with "The Trigger Effect."
