New England Colonies The number of people living in the colonies rose from about 250,000 in 1700 to approximately 2.5 million by the mid-1770s. The population of African Americans increased at an even faster rate—from about 28,000 to more than 500,000.

What were some reasons for the growing population in Colonial America?

Immigration Colonial women tended to marry early and have large families Healthy place to live

What is subsistence farming?

Subsistence Farming A practice of farming which the people generally produce just enough food to meet the needs of their families and little left over to sell. - In the north all families members worked.

What were some of the small businesses that existed in New England

Sold grain and lumber for ship bilding Women would make soaps, candles, garments, ect… Blacksmiths, Shoemakers, Gunsmiths and Printers.

Middle Colonies Why were the middle colonies able to expand so much quicker than the New England colonies?

Middle Colonies Fertile soil and milder climate Produced bigger harvests than did New Englanders By the 1760s New York, with 18,000 people, and Philadelphia, with 24,000 people, were the largest cities in the American colonies. Many held similar jobs but in addtion worked in metal factories (Germans)

Southern Colonies Southern farmers could cultivate large areas of land and produce harvests of cash crops. Because most settlers in the Southern Colonies made their living from farming the land, they did not have the need to develop commerce or industry. In the Southern Colonies, the independent small farmers of the backcountry outnumbered the large plantation owners. The plantation owners, however, had greater wealth and more influence. They controlled the economic and political life of the region.