HIST 2600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Lightning, Consumerism, Antireligion
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In many ways, the colonies remained quite separate from each other, and they had distinct identities. Although they didn"t recognize each other as sharing similar interesting, in retrospect, we can see a number of commonalities that link them. Notably, the developments in the 18th century that made them like the england they had left behind. The colonial population was increasing dramatically: in 1700, only about 250 000 people lived in the colonies. The american population doubled approximately every 25 yeas during this period, a growth rate unmatched in history. Much of this growth came from natural increase. There was also some immigrates from europe that helped to contribute. The largest group of migrants, salty 150 000 came from ireland and scotland. All of this immigration meant that the colonies were becoming heterogeneous. Much of the interaction of migrants happened in the urban centres. By 1770, philadelphia had 30 000 residents, and nyc had 25 000.
