The middle colonies exchanged tobacco and the southern colonies added rice, indigo, and furs. The climate and geography of British North America influenced the economic development of the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies. Many people in New England had very poor lifestyles because of their poor climate and geography. It was the least fertile, and they had short growing seasons, which also lead them to have bad farming. They couldn’t grow many crops because of the poor soil and they had to find some other way of finding crops and providing for their families.
This made it increasingly difficult as the harvest would suffer which would then cause a serious lack of food within the Kingdom itself, which in turn meant that the Fyrd would have very little supplies when called out and also affected all aspects of trade, and finances within the Kingdom. The Vikings could also simply retreat once the Fyrd had been called out. This had a devastating effect on the Saxon economy and harvest, as able bodied men were taken away from their jobs, while the Vikings had a constant supply of men and food from abroad. In comparison the Viking army were very well equipped and mobile. By the
The system of land distribution was unfair and most peasants received 4% less land than they had rented before, many received much less. In reality they had less land than when they were serfs. This was seen as unfair as they believed that, because they had worked the land for generations, it should now belong to them. The Mir still restricted peasants’ movements and as consolidation and enlargement of property was difficult, there was little incentive to improve the land and adopt modern methods, resulting in a decline in productivity The huge redemption taxes also meant that the peasants had to sell many of the crops they needed to eat and the Mir kept the peasants tied to their commune and still controlled by rules. Peasants felt disappointed and disillusioned and many rioted.
However this wasn’t the case for all other countries because the advances of the Green Revolution were much slower in reaching developing countries. A lot of the smaller farms lagged behind larger ones in adopting Green Revolution technology. For example, Africa gained very little from it. The crop field were low, irrigation was not widely used and few farmers could afford the technology needed. Rural areas in Africa especially such as Punjab; a poorer village in a rural area who were unable to keep up with cost of inputs and fertilisers which intensive agriculture requires.
However, throughout the entire Mid-Atlantic region a variety of ethnic and religious group competed for wealth from farming and fur trade. They did not have it easy though, since they were forced to compete acrimoniously against governments that commanded little popular support. The mid-Atlantic region, unlike either New England or the South, drew many of its original settlers from European states that had been extremely upset by the Protestant Reformation and the religious wars that followed in its wake. Small congregations of Dutch Mennonites, French Huguenots, German Baptists, and Portuguese Jews joined larger communions of Dutch Reformed, Lutherans, Quakers, and Anglicans to create a distinctively diverse religious society. Also, African Americans and the indigenous Indians, with religious traditions of their own, added further variety to the Middle Colony region.
They had a long wait until 1840 to see the tax-supported status of the Anglican Church be removed, making them equal once again. Not only did the friction between Anglicans and Catholics grow before and while the era, but the tyranny of the Church of England also gave reason to former believer to dissent and form new groups such as Presbyterianism (who did not agree with the order of
Since they didn’t have enough people working they weren’t able to sustain production so people didn’t come in to trade which left Puerto Rico out of trade. However this was only seen as a federal issue, many islanders didn’t see it that way mostly because they had illegal trade going on their trade would consist of timber, cattle, leather, tobacco, and crops. The only problem with illegal trade was that they had to get gifts for the government officials so that can continue on doing their trades with the foreigners. This became problematic because the profits they were making would have to be spent in the
Was the Reformation Politically or Religiously Motivated? The Reformation begun by Martin Luther was a 16th century conflict in Europe that would shape the future of the world. Certainly the Catholic church was political, even in the 1500's, however it was religion that powered the Reformation. For centuries, the Roman Catholic Church had oppressed the uneducated and poor peasants for an unjust hierarchical structure. Peasants were captive to their lords, essentially forced into servitude without wages.
William Penn wrote an appeal for immigrants to come to Pennsylvania. There were more open jobs for people there, and better wages. Not many people wanted to go work here, as they’d have to do hard laboring work, but would’ve got paid good. Men should’ve gone to work here, as it involved hard labor and wouldn’t have been suitable work for women. The excerpt from Clarence Ver Steeg’s The Formative Years tells why people were exported to America.
The Church became almost authoritarian, and in those days, it is nearly impossible to go against the Church’s doctrine. In Bradford’s own word on the state of affair in England: “… But after these things they could not long continue in any peaceable conditions, but were hunted and persecuted on every side, so as their former afflictions were but as flea-bitings in comparison of these which now came upon them.” This was in response to how it was a treasonous offence to go against the authority of the Church of England. Bradford joined this group of separatist in 1606, despite the displeasure of his family. In 1609, he joined a group of separatist, who had migrated to Holland. Although the separatist had more freedom to practice as they wanted in Holland, they developed the