They were built more to live off of the land. Many of them were farmers and they lived well in the wilderness of Virginia. Most of them had no worth back in England and were just coming over to completely start over and earn new lives. The Economy of the Virginia colony was based on the tobacco industry. The tobacco industry boomed making it the leading cash crop for the Virginia area.
The Carolinas came later and was created and advertised as a location for the poor under-class to have a second chance at wealth. In those days wealth was measured in the amount of land that you owned so the untapped vastness of the Carolinas brought many a colonist over with hopes of rebirth. Caribbean also falls under the category of financial yearning as its profitable sugar market helped its English population to flourish and grow. Always present when discussing the matter of new colonization is the idea of religious “freedom”. The colonies of Georgia and Maryland were primarily
While Massachusetts Bay utilized more of a subsistence economy, growing enough food for their community and without a concern for wealth, Virginia’s agricultural industry was commercial and geared toward bringing in huge profits. The founding of Virginia was an attempt to reap the material rewards of the New World. Therefore the settlers of Virginia mostly grew tobacco for export and depended on the money they made from these exports for subsistence. The hunger to earn more and more profits gave the settlers the motivation to improve their methods and drove the demand for slaves in that area. All of these gains added to the wealth and supposedly the happiness of those in the upper echelons of Virginian society.
Despite the numerous positives for Britain many other colonies felt the negative effects of the British empire sparking many conflicts in the past 200 years. Britain prospered financially throughout the many years of having an empire. Britain developed trade links between many countries, source B shows how these links benefitted Britain. The source shows that the years between 1700 and 1900 saw a dramatic increase in the amount of goods being imported and exported from Britain. Up until 1900 the source shows that Britain was in a very good position when it came to trade as their exports greatly outweighed their imports which in turn would make a steady profit for Britain.
By the time the British colonies incited rebellion between them and the British in the 1770’s, they had grown to be powerful and economically independent, the population growing by a factor of eight from 1700 to 1770. British economic policy, is largely to blame for this, driving people to the new world and providing a framework for the economy of the Colonies to grow. The British would also commonly turn a blind eye to those who breached their rules and laws, and this too helped develop and diversify the American Economy. Furthermore, the adoption of a comparatively aggressive mercantilism by England led the colonies to grow much more than those of France and Spain, further pushing them out of the equation. Altogether, British Economic policy was a perfect mix of both salutary neglect and enforced protocol to spur a large amount of growth in British North America, doing so not only through just the Navigation Acts and Salutary neglect, but also the order in which they introduced new laws and regulations.
All payments went towards the king, this would've also made the Earls not feel powerful enough, especially Harold Godwin who was seen as the most powerful man in England, but theoretically he wasn’t. However the Economy was well governed because the trade increased, which encouraged both the growth of towns and foreign contacts, this demonstrates that England were still involved in trade, which was good for the economy. However the economy was not very well developed especially compared to the Byzantine Empire and Muslim world. Those economies were massive, especially when compared to England’s. Overall I believe that the economy for pre-Conquest England as well- governed to an extent as the King did have large control, he did control this well, but he may have been seen as too powerful where the government is concerned.
An upheaval among the indigenous civilizations was created by the English. They brought diseases with them that the Indians could not fight off, even though they were usually bigger and healthier than the English. Smallpox was the leading killer of the Indians but measles and influenza played a part in the millions of deaths. The English held a higher degree of social equality than the French in the new world. Native Americans highly valued community rather than individualism.
. This is different to more economically developed countries (MEDCs) as they have low deaths rates and low birth rates. Low births rates are due to women rights and more career options which leads to later marriage so they have fewer children. LEDCs and MEDCs population change is similar as they both have a ageing population which is increasing this is due to improvement in health care, clean water supplies, improvement in housing and good sanitation. Also the ageing population is high because when they were born the country was in a stage with a high birth rate so there is a high greying population.
Although Asia was often an impoverished area and Americas belief that this was a common theme that allowed for the growth of communism there was a clear lack of economical support. Also because of the poverty in Asia communism was a lot more popular and people were more willing to allow communism because they believed it would improve their living standards above what they currently were. In Europe communism was never as serious of a
When people are depressed/stressed smoking helps calm and sooth this is because people of class V cannot afford a lot, but because they are depressed they spend nearly all their money on tobacco and leave very little left for food/clothes. Due to this lack of basic amenities they are more exposed to ill health and the majority of the time sadly result in death. This is why there are not as many deaths from the middle and upper class from smoking, this is because they would be able to afford basic amenities and if they do become ill can afford private health care. Source: www.nice.org.uk Alcohol and Drugs: * Experimentation with illegal drugs does not appear to vary much between social groups, however addiction and regular use are more likely to develop among people from lower social classes. * In Scotland the ‘Scottish Consortium On Crime and Criminal Justice’ carried out research on their prisons.