After 1500, the
governments of Spain, Portugal, France, Netherlands and England sent
expeditions to newly discovered America to claim land and natural resources and
set up trading companies.
The population of the
English colonies in the Northeast coast of North America began in 1610 with 350
pilgrims and over the next 180 years grew to 4 million by 1790 when we formed
the United States.
This population of 4
million had developed to become a self-sufficient market with exports that
provided capital in exchange for raw materials sold to Europe. This 4 million also provided a market for
European imported goods.
In 1790, we also had
expansion plans beyond the original 13 colonies and the future for increased
wealth looked promising.
The new US government
chose Tariffs to fund itself. This was a
tax on imports that encouraged the US to expand its capabilities to replace
these imports with goods made in the US.
The population of the
English colonies from 1610 to 1790 and the US from 1800 to 2010 was as follows:
|
1610
|
350
|
|
1620
|
2,302
|
|
1630
|
4,646
|
|
1640
|
26,634
|
|
1650
|
50,368
|
|
1660
|
75,058
|
|
1670
|
111,935
|
|
1680
|
151,507
|
|
1690
|
210,372
|
|
1700
|
250,888
|
|
1710
|
331,711
|
|
1720
|
466,185
|
|
1730
|
629,445
|
|
1740
|
905,563
|
|
1750
|
1,170,760
|
|
1760
|
1,593,625
|
|
1770
|
2,148,076
|
|
1780
|
2,780,369
|
|
3,929,214
|
|
|
5,308,483
|
|
|
7,239,881
|
|
|
9,638,453
|
|
|
12,866,020
|
|
|
17,069,453
|
|
|
23,191,876
|
|
|
31,443,321
|
|
|
38,558,371
|
|
|
50,189,209
|
|
|
62,979,766
|
|
|
76,212,168
|
|
|
92,228,496
|
|
|
106,021,537
|
|
|
123,202,624
|
|
|
132,164,569
|
|
|
151,325,798
|
|
|
179,323,175
|
|
|
203,211,926
|
|
|
226,545,805
|
|
|
248,709,873
|
|
|
281,421,906
|
|
|
308,745,538
|
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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