Most settlers in every North American colony…

1540 CE to 1683 CE

Most settlers in every North American colony are small farmers, but other industries develop within a few decades as varied as the settlements.

Cash crops include tobacco, rice and wheat.

Extraction industries develop in furs, fishing and lumber.

Manufacturers produce rum and ships, and Americans are producing one-seventh of the world's iron supply by the late colonial period.

Cities eventually dot the coast to support local economies and serve as trade hubs.

English colonists are supplemented by waves of Scots-Irish and other groups.

Freed indentured servants push further west as coastal land grows more expensive.

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Colonization of the Americas, English View →

Commodities
Fish and game View → Hides and feathers View → Grains and produce View → Strategic metals View → Beer, wine, and spirits View → Lumber View → Land View → Tobacco View →

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