America's First Economic Bubble How A Tree Root Funded Jamestown | American Colonization

Описание: America's First Economic Bubble How A Tree Root Funded Jamestown | American Colonization
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THE UNTOLD ORIGIN STORY: Before America existed, a tree root created the first economic bubble that funded Jamestown colonization!

In 1602, English investors went insane over sassafras root, believing it could cure syphilis. This speculative frenzy created fortunes overnight, crashed spectacularly by 1607, but left behind the economic infrastructure that funded Jamestown and changed history forever.

💰 What You'll Discover:
✅ How sassafras created a financial mania in 1602
✅ Bartholomew Gosnell's Massachusetts expedition
✅ Why investors thought tree roots would cure syphilis
✅ The crash that wiped out fortunes in 5 years
✅ How this bubble directly funded Jamestown 1607
✅ Indigenous knowledge exploitation and trade
✅ Connection to modern economic bubbles

This wasn't about gold or treasure - it was about a common medicinal plant that English merchants believed would make them rich. They were right for about 3 years, then catastrophically wrong. But the capital, ships, and trade routes established during the sassafras rush became the foundation for permanent English colonization.

🎬 TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - London's Sassafras Obsession 1602
12:00 - The Syphilis Crisis & Miracle Cure
24:00 - Gosnold's Expedition to Massachusetts
36:00 - The Bubble Inflates & Crashes
48:00 - How It Funded Jamestown Disaster

Before noble founding myths, before Mayflower ideals, there was pure greed and speculation on tree roots. This is how America's economic story really begins - with a bubble that burst but left infrastructure for invasion.

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