In 1607, there were African Americans called the indentured servants that first came during the years of the agreement of Jamestown by Virginia. Indentured servants signed up to work for seven years, in return for a free passage to Virginia. The contract they signed up for usually included 25 acres of land, a cow, and corn. Once these servants broke the law, they would go through harsh punishment. Later on, the price of indentured servants rose.
During the 17th century, there needed to be a strong trade between countries for there to be wealth. In the beginning of the 1650s, mercantilists chose other strategies to encourage economic growth. One of the strategies they chose was mercantilism, which helped governmental rule of a nations economy to increase powers of states. This was a way of getting money through trade. Usually, the best way possible to gain money was to sell goods to other countries, rather than buying them from countries. Since European countries wanted to have the world power, they needed other colonies to supply them with raw materials. Colonies gave other nations raw materials, so American colonies began providing the British with raw materials they got. The British were the only ones that were …show more content…
This was later known as the Albany Congress. The goal for this meeting was to unite colonies. The person who wanted colonial union was Benjamin Franklin. When he came up with an idea about the joining northern colonies, he introduced it to the Albany Congress. If agreed to this, unions would have the power to buy land from Indians, build forts, create an army, and control Indians. For this to be in action, one of things that had to be done was that colonies had to approve of it. The downside of this was that none of the colonies accepted the Albany Plan, they
During the 17th century, there needed to be a strong trade between countries for there to be wealth. In the beginning of the 1650s, mercantilists chose other strategies to encourage economic growth. One of the strategies they chose was mercantilism, which helped governmental rule of a nations economy to increase powers of states. This was a way of getting money through trade. Usually, the best way possible to gain money was to sell goods to other countries, rather than buying them from countries. Since European countries wanted to have the world power, they needed other colonies to supply them with raw materials. Colonies gave other nations raw materials, so American colonies began providing the British with raw materials they got. The British were the only ones that were …show more content…
This was later known as the Albany Congress. The goal for this meeting was to unite colonies. The person who wanted colonial union was Benjamin Franklin. When he came up with an idea about the joining northern colonies, he introduced it to the Albany Congress. If agreed to this, unions would have the power to buy land from Indians, build forts, create an army, and control Indians. For this to be in action, one of things that had to be done was that colonies had to approve of it. The downside of this was that none of the colonies accepted the Albany Plan, they