ECON 4130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: First Continental Congress, Tea Act, Wampum
23 Apr 2018
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Lecture 3: the economics of the american revolution. 3, !1: the population of the colonies. From 1620 to 1780, roughly 600,000 whites are estimated to have immigrated to the british colonies. About 80% came from the british isles, with another 9% from. Figures are based on surnames in the 1790 census. Different groups settled in different areas: predominance of. German surnames in pennsylvania; french surnames in the. Upper midwest and louisiana; dutch surnames in new york. The population of the colonies experienced both low mortality and high fertility relative to european populations. The rate of natural increase was from 2 to 3% per year. Usually attributed to better climate, better food and water, and less virulent disease environment with lower population density. Population growth due to immigration was probably 1% per year. The population in 1790 ( rst federal census) was about 3. 9 million. Mercantilism was a collection of vague, amorphous ideas that evolved over time.
