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- Among the mainland colonies, the white southerners were the richest, on average, with about twice the wealth of New England or the Middle Atlantic region. If we include the West Indies as one of the colonial areas, then its thriving sugar industry made it the wealthiest.
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The American colonies led Great Britain in purchasing power per capita from 1700, and possibly from 1650, until 1774, even counting slaves in the population. That is, average purchasing power in America led Britain early, when Americans were British.
- American Colonial Incomes, 1650-1774
New data now allow conjectures on the levels of real and...
- American Colonial Incomes, 1650-1774
Mar 23, 2015 · New data now allow conjectures on the levels of real and nominal incomes in the 13 American colonies. New England was the poorest region, and the South was the richest.
- Peter H. Lindert, Jeffrey G. Williamson
- 2015
Still, the American colonies in 1774 probably had the most equal distribution of income in the western world - even including the slaves. Fourth, colonial America was a world leader in income per capita.
New data now allow conjectures on the levels of real and nominal incomes in the thirteen American colonies. New England was the poorest region, and the South was the richest.
- Peter H. Lindert, Jeffrey G. Williamson
- 2015
Mar 23, 2015 · New data now allow conjectures on the levels of real and nominal incomes in the 13 American colonies. New England was the poorest region, and the South was the richest.
Jamaica, which did not join the rebellious thirteen British mainland colonies in 1776, was the wealthiest British colony in 18th-century North America, its planter class enjoying riches while its enslaved peoples endured degrading conditions that undermined their families and threatened their lives.
American Colonial Incomes, 1650-1774. Jeffrey Williamson, January 2014, Paper. "New data now allow conjectures on the levels of real and nominal incomes in the thirteen American colonies. New England was the poorest region, and the South was the richest.
