Imagine the 1600s: The British government, along with other European powers, saw the American continent as ... along the Atlantic seaboard. However, colonial prosperity wasn’t equally shared.

While the world of colonial America was controlled by the wealthy ... three million in 1500 to more than five million by the mid-1600s. The homeless and the unemployed turned their hopes to ...

Maryland, 1664: The first colonial "anti-amalgamation" law is enacted (amalgamation referred to "race-mixing"). Other colonies soon followed Maryland's example. A 1691 Virginia law declared that ...

What changes did England have for colonization in 1600 ... were many ways in which colonial expansion benefited England. However, their primary purpose was to provide British farmers with crops, goods ...