New England Economic Changes

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“They became a regular part of the commerce linking Europe, Africa, and North America” (Nash, p. 95). They were in a business enterprise with trading with other countries. They were part of a global trade and their economic bases were almost the same. Population increased as soon as agriculture started. They had a labor system that included slaves, indentured servants, unfree labor, and farmers. New England was organized in a tight-knit farming families, land was divided among families, and their future was based on a mixed economy. They had small timber companies. Their environment was grazed with thin-soil, rocky hills, and bottomlands, which led to subsistence farms. As a result of a decreasing soil fertility, New Englander’s farmers left.

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