Year Population
1610 350
Dutch & English Settlements
1620 2,302
1630 4,646
1640 26,634
1650 50,368
1660 75,058
1670 111,935
German Settlements
1680 151,507
1690 210,372
1700 250,888
1710 331,711
Scotts, Irish Settlements
1720 466,185
1730 629,445
British Abuse Begins
1740 905,563
1750 1,170,760
1760 1,593,625
1770 2,148,076
Declaration of Independence
1780 2,780,369
Independence Won
1790 3,929,214
Industrial Revolution
1800 5,308,483
Louisiana Purchase
1810 7,239,881
Western Expansion
1820 9,638,453
Railroads Begin
1830 12,866,020 Texas Independence
1840 17,068,453 Mexican American War
1850 23,191,876
Irish Potato Famine
1860 31,443,321
Civil War
1870 38,558,371
Socialism Introduced
1880 50,189,209 Electric Power Introduced
1890 62,979,766 Automobile
Introduced
1900 76,212,168 End of Free Markets
1910 92,228,496
World War I
1920 106,021,537
Stock Market Bubble
1930 123,202,624
Socialism Advanced
1940 132,164,569
World War II
1950 151,325,798
Antibiotics Introduced
1960 179,323,175
Socialism Expanded
1970 203,211,926
Illegal Excessive Immigration
1980 226,545,805
Offshored Manufacturing
1990 248,709,873
UN Agenda 21
2000 281,421,906
National Debt $5 trillion
2010 308,745,538
Great Recession
2019 328,393,575
National Debt $22 trillion
Europe’s attraction to
America came from its exports of raw material like agricultural land, gold,
wood, firs, tobacco and other goods. The Spanish and Portuguese had been
colonizing South America since 1500. France colonized Canada, Nova Scotia and
Newfoundland (1534–1763). In 1763, the British took over
Canada.
In North America, the
Dutch and French established trading ports to export goods to Europe. Great
Britain established colonies on the Atlantic Coast.
The Original 13
Colonies were founded from1607 to 1732.
1607 Virginia
1620 Plymouth
1626 New York
1630 Massachusetts Bay
1633 Maryland
1636 Rhode Island
1636 Connecticut
1638 New Hampshire
1638 Delaware
1653 North Carolina
1663 South Carolina
1664 New Jersey
1682 Pennsylvania
1732 Georgia
Early colonists became
self-sufficient and self-governing land owners quickly. Farms were family-owned
and grouped by church affiliation. Some communities grouped by country of
origin and language.
Settlers in North
America came from England, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden,
Finland, Norway and other countries.
British Acts against
the colonies:
1651 Navigation Acts. The Navigation Acts were trade rules
that governed commerce between Britain and its colonies. They required shipping
by British vessels only.
1733 Molasses Act import tax
1751 Currency Act restricted Bills of
Credit
1764 Sugar Act import tax
1765 Stamp Act taxed each sheet of
paper used
1765 Quartering Act required colonists to
let soldiers in their homes.
1766 Declaratory Act
repealed the Stamp Act
1767 Townshend Acts import taxes on wine,
tea and other goods.
The British debt was high due to the Seven Years' War (1756-1763) and
the French and Indian War (1754–1763). Parliament imposed a
series of taxes and other indignities on the North American Colonies.
This prompted the American Revolution in 1775, the
Declaration of Independence in 1776, the victory by the Colonists at Yorktown
in 1881, the constitutional convention in 1787 and the election of George
Washington as President in 1789.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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