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1 day ago · Long Term Economic Growth – 1860–1965: A Statistical Compendium. Business Booms and Depressions since 1775, a chart of the past trend of price inflation, federal debt, business, national income, stocks and bond yields for the United States from 1775 to 1943. Budget of the United States Government.
1 day ago · The British economy had begun to grow rapidly at the end of the 17th century and, by the mid-18th century, small factories in Britain were producing much more than the nation could consume. Britain found a market for their goods in the British colonies of North America, increasing her exports to that region by 360% between 1740 and 1770.
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May 8, 2024 · American frontier, in United States history, the advancing border that marked those lands that had been settled by Europeans. It is characterized by the westward movement of European settlers from their original settlements on the Atlantic coast in the early 17th century to the Far West in the late 19th century.
May 3, 2024 · The backcountry frontier of colonial Virginia reached westward from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the farthest extent of Virginia settlement in the eighteenth century. By royal charter, the extreme western boundaries of Virginia at this time extended to the Pacific Ocean, but the terms “backcountry” or “back settlements” specifically refer to new settlements in the eastern Appalachian ...
May 3, 2024 · In This Entry. The “Slaves’ Economy” Map. Timeline. Further Reading. Contributor: Amanda White Gibson. The “Slaves’ Economy” Freshwater Catfish Bones. In 1847, Adam Foster, a northerner visiting Mathews County, described enslaved life in Virginia in a letter to his daughter Cynthia Foster Claxton.
1 day ago · Starting in the 17th century, the history of the Southern United States developed unique characteristics that came from its economy based primarily on plantation agriculture and the ubiquitous and prevalent institution of slavery.
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May 1, 2024 · A digital exploration of women's impact on the economic life of the United States between 1800 and the Great Depression. Courtesy of Harvard University. 17th Century Primary Sources. European Views of the Americas: 1493 - 1750. A free archive of indexed publications related to the Americas and written in Europe before 1750.
