HIST 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Toleration
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Population growth: pop growth caused by increased demand of labor, attracted immigrants, beginning = mostly english, beg of american revolution = finnish, swedish, french, swiss, dutch, Germans, africans: european immigrants, came to escape religious persecution, went where land was cheapest (btwn pennsylvania and georgia, as pop increased, euros seized more na land, african slaves, pop increased faster than euros, pop increase = slave trade. Profitable and well organized part of world economy: males preferred in new world, increase of offspring, more women married. England = 20% who didn"t marry: colonies = 5% who didn"t marry, got married @ a younger age, had ~ 7 or 8 children, slaves also contributed to this trend. Slave labor: middle colonies grew prosperous thru selling grains and developing commercial centers, mostly middle class. Easy to obtain land: new england colonies (north) was a farm region, but male family members (rather than servants or slaves) worked on farm.
