{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"History Distilled","title":"The American Colonies and the Decline of Mercantilism","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/862f0589\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":365,"description":"In this episode we discuss how the rise of the American economy lead to the decline of MercantilismSpecial Thanks to \"A History of the American People\" by Paul Johnson for providing most of the content for this episode. Please check out his book if you want to learn US history. It is the best book I have found on the topic. Also thanks to Wikipedia and Google Gemini for filling in additional details for the story.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/vHz7eJOctw9EkX92KRocNlRyCJm2i0Lzt2lBtgY_hxc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84NmIw/NTcwYzhiMzAyOTNm/OGZjNzZjY2Y1YTNk/ZjkwNi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}