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  Colonial Farm Kitchen. Notice clock in the corner. American Colonial History, 1607-1775   THE 1600s Preliminary Comments   About 100,000 Europeans emigrated to the American colonies in the 1600s. They were risk-takers. They left long-settled communities and societies to get on small, crowded sailing ships to make the dangerous 3,000 voyage to a new land that was mostly wilderness. About 5% died. They had to adapt to a new, frontier environment of forests and swamps. They had to “tame the howling wilderness.”  A high percent of the European immigrants in this period were from England. Almost all were Protestants.   Emigrants from England came over in three “waves.”  Then a fourth 'wave" came to the North American colonies in the 1700s. They were four distinctly different groups of people from different areas of the English isles.   To understand why these four groups left England and Scotland, at different times and for different reasons, it is necess...

FIND POSTS BY CATEGORY CATEGORIES   The Beginning of the Industrial Revolution The theme of the following four sections of the blog is that innovation, not price competition, is the basis for understanding economic growth, competition, and analysis. Basic Concepts and Theory Market Behavior and Structure Market Dynamics and Information:  How Markets Work Economic Theory and Markets There is beginning a historic change in future populations. This will interact with other variables and have a serious, maybe profound, effect on future economic growth. Demographics and Economics American Economic History American History Management The world seems to be in the midst of radical political and social change. Where are we going? Can studying past periods and countries facing disrupting change help us navigate our times? Maybe. World War I:  The Beginning of the 20th Century The Roman Republic and America - Differences and Some Possible Parallels Economic and Fiscal Policy...