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How are he northern and southern colonial economies different?
The thirteen American colonies differed in their economics. The Southern colonies were good for farming and huge cotton and tobacco plantations were developed. Further North, there was farmlands, however, there were also the growth of manufacturing, craft work, fishing and shipyards.The so-called "northern colonies had a larger population as many immigrants came to the colonies and cities such as Boston, New York and Philadelphia became their homes.
Why did slavery expanded?
It didn't expand west. The Kansas Nebraska Act made sure that it didn't go further. California came into the union in 1850 a free state. There never was slavery in the western states.
What problems were caused by attempts to assimilate native Americans?
well first of all it caused the native americans to become aggressive further escalating the conflict.
Why were there boycotts of british goods?
The British were confused and convinced that the reason the opposition to the stamp act had been so strong was because it was an internal tax, originating in the colonies. They felt the Townshend Acts, which they issued upon repeal of the Stamp Act of 1765, would be accepted since it was eternal, originating from Britain. Nothing could have been further from the truth.
When were the first indentured servants brought to the thirteen colonies?
1718 the first Transportation Act allowed the courts to sentence felons guilty of offences subject to benefit of clergy to seven years transportation to America. In 1720 a further statute authorized payments by the state to the merchants who contracted to take the convicts to America. http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/static/Punishment.jsp#transportation
