by 1776 thirteen english colonies had been established along the atlantic coast.
by 1776 thirteen english colonies had been established along the atlantic coast.
by 1776 how many english colonies had been established along the atlantic coast?
thirteen
beginning in 1609, dutch traders explored and established fur trading posts on the hudson river, delaware river, and connecticut river, seeking to protect their interests in the fur trade. the dutch west india company established permanent settlements on the hudson river, creating the dutch colony of new netherland. in 1626, peter minuit purchased the island of manhattan from the lenape indians and established the outpost of new amsterdam. relatively few dutch settled in new netherland, but the colony came to dominate the regional fur trade. it also served as the base for extensive trade with the english colonies, and many products from new england and virginia were carried to europe on dutch ships. the dutch also engaged in the burgeoning atlantic slave trade, supplying enslaved africans to the english colonies in north america and barbados. the west india company desired to grow new netherland as it became commercially successful, yet the colony failed to attract the same level of settlement as the english colonies did. many of those who did immigrate to the colony were english, german, walloon, or sephardim.
thirteen colonies
in the period before independence, spanish america and brazil were more important economically than the small english colonies on the atlantic coast of north america. the english colonies of the mid-atlantic, new england, and canada had a temperate climate, no major indigenous populations whose labor could be exploited, and no major export commodities that would have encouraged the importation of black slaves. the southern english colonies with plantation agriculture and large black slave populations share more characteristics with brazil and the caribbean than the northern english colonies. that region is characterized by the family farm, with a homogeneous european-descent population with no sharp divide between rich and poor. unlike spanish america and brazil which restricted immigration, the northern english colonies were a magnet for migration, encouraged by the british crown.
latin american economy