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Why did population increase in colonies in the 1700s?

Large families and more immigrants came to the colonies.


How was the population of the thirteen colonies different form the population in Quebec?

The population had grown so much in the Thirteen Colonies that the people living there needed more land. The population in Quebec had grown but not as much as the Thirteen Colonies had.


Why did the British pass the quatering act?

england needed more food


Why was the English more successful in maintaining their colonies than Spain or France?

Spain and France reached out further, claiming more area, than Britain and needed more resources from those colonies to support their massive effort to take still more colonies while managing the ones they had. Also, the Spanish were unusually brutal for the period and created more rebellion over that brutality.


What factors made slavery more beneficial to the southern colonies than the New England colonies or the middle colonies?

In the southern colonies, the land was better for growing crops, so there were a lot more farms and plantations. Because there were so many farms and plantations, these places needed more cheap easy labor. In the New England colonies, the soil was rocky, and not good for farming. In the Middle colonies, there was some farming, but not a lot.Answer (OCinneide)The northern colonies were primarily industrial based while the south was primarily agricultural. The north needed skilled labor which could not be supplied by slave labor, while the cheap unskilled slave labor was very useful to the farmers and plantation owners of the south.

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Why did population increase in colonies in the 1700s?

Large families and more immigrants came to the colonies.


Why did the population increase in the colonies between 1700-1776?

Large families and more immigrants came to the colonies.


What was families like in the Southern Colonies?

they were more relaxed than the new England colonies because of slaves


Why did colonies need more people?

because colonies where the base to states and cities so they needed more people.


Why were more slaves sent to southern colonies more than new England?

the slaves were needed for farming.


why did landowners in the Chesapeake colonies begin chattel slavery?

They needed more workers for their plantations.


Why did the landowners in the Chesapeake colonies begin using chattel slavery?

They needed more workers for their plantations.


What are three reasons the colonies in America grew at a a fast rate?

1. colonies were more healthy then England 2. women married and had bigger families at a younger age 3. immagration for trade


Why did the middle colonies depnd more on indentured servants than slaves for labor?

Because they needed money


What are three reasons the English colonies in America grew at a fast rate?

1. colonies were more healthy then England 2. women married and had bigger families at a younger age 3. immagration for trade


How was the population of the thirteen colonies different form the population in Quebec?

The population had grown so much in the Thirteen Colonies that the people living there needed more land. The population in Quebec had grown but not as much as the Thirteen Colonies had.


Why did the British pass the quatering act?

england needed more food