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CHARLES CARROLL
Charles Carroll was born in Annapolis to
a wealthy English family. He inherited a 15000 acre land grant
(about 25 square miles) in what is now Howard county. He built a
plantation that grew tobacco. Then he shipped tobacco to England.
His plantation house was called Doughoregan Mannor. He had many
slaves and some indentured servants. His plantation buildings
included a house for the manager of his plantation. Because he often
lent money to people he was called "the Banker." Write
$10,000 in the Starting Money column for the year 1774 on your
ledger. |
CHARLES CARROLL 1777
Operating Costs: You buy $1500 worth of supplies from
Bowley. Write $1500 in the "What I spent" column of your
ledger. You paid taxes on your tobacco. Write $250 in the
"What I spent" column of your ledger. You have decided
to cultivate wheat instead of tobacco in some of your fields. You buy
gypsum from Ellicott, plows from the blacksmith, and new hoes from the
blacksmith. Write $500 in the "What I spent" column of
your ledger.
Finished Goods: You sell 100 hogsheads of tobacco at
$25 a hogshead. Figure out what you earned and write that total in
the "What I earned" column of your ledger. |
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CHARLES CARROLL 1774
Operating Costs:You buy $1000 worth of supplies from Bowley.
These are imported from England. Write $1000 in the "What I
spent" column of your ledger. You paid taxes on your
tobacco. Write $250 in the "What I spent" column of your
ledger.
Finished Goods: You sell 100 hogsheads of tobacco at
$30 a hogshead. Figure out what you earned and write that total in
the "What I earned" column of your ledger. |
CHARLES CARROLL 1778
Operating Costs: You buy $2000 worth of supplies from
Bowley. Write $1500 in the "What I spent" column of your
ledger. You paid taxes on your tobacco. Write $100 in the
"What I spent" column of your ledger.
Finished Goods: You sell 50 hogsheads of tobacco at $25
a hogshead. Write $1250 in the "What I earned column of your
ledger. You sell 500 barrels of wheat to Ellicott at $2 a barrel.
Figure out what you earned and write that total in the "What I
earned" column of your ledger. |
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CHARLES CARROLL 1775
Operating Costs: You buy $1000 worth of supplies from
Bowley. These are imported from England. Write $1000 in the
"What I spent" column of your ledger. You paid import
taxes on your tobacco. Write $250 in the "What I spent"
column of your ledger.
Finished Goods: You sell 100 hogsheads of tobacco at
$30 a hogshead. Figure out what you earned and write that total in
the "What I earned" column of your ledger. |
CHARLES CARROLL 1779
Operating Costs: You buy $1500 worth of supplies from
Bowley. Write $1500 in the "What I spent" column of your
ledger. You paid taxes on your tobacco. Write $100 in the
"What I spent" column of your ledger.
Finished Goods: You sell 50 hogsheads of tobacco at $25
a hogshead Figure out what you earned and write that total in the
"What I earned" column of your ledger.. You sell 500
barrels of wheat to Ellicott at $2 a barrel. Figure out what you
earned and write that total in the "What I earned" column of
your ledger. |
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CHARLES CARROLL 1776
Operating Costs: You buy $1500 worth of supplies from
Bowley. These are imported from England by way of the Caribbean.
Write $1500 in the "What I spent" column of your ledger.
You paid import taxes on your tobacco. Write $300 in the
"What I spent" column of your ledger.
Finished Goods: You sell 100 hogsheads of tobacco at
$25 a hogshead. Figure out what you earned and write that total in
the "What I earned" column of your ledger. |
CHARLES CARROLL 1780
Operating Costs: You buy $1000 worth of supplies from
Bowley. Write $1000 in the "What I spent" column of your
ledger. You paid taxes on your tobacco. Write $100 in the
"What I spent" column of your ledger.
Finished Goods: You sell 50 hogsheads of tobacco at $25
a hogshead. Figure out what you earned and write that total in the
"What I earned" column of your ledger. You sell 600
barrels of wheat to Ellicott at $2 a barrel. Figure out what you
earned and write that total in the "What I earned" column of
your ledger. |
