HISTORY 7A Lecture Notes - Connecticut River, Wampum, Puritans
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History lecture #9: from colonies to empire: boston"s imperial expansion: the creation of the nation of new england", new england"s political economy and its influence on indian relations. The farmers of new england had to produce more than they could use to trade with west indies economies. New england countrysides began to fill up with . Family farms, towns and the new england landscape. Rapid population growth without immigration doubling every 25 years. Only very tiny numbers of migrants come to new england up until the. New england settlers brought family, virginians didn"t. New england had conditions less suited to diseases (too cold, no mosquitoes, less risk of malaria) Massachusetts hives off new colonies: new haven, connecticut, rhode. Large population of migrants coming to boston harbor were quickly becoming too large a population for available farmland in region. Want places where the rivers are better, where the rivers could take them further into the interior.