At the same time the overplanting caused several related issues, Traditional histories make it sound like the colonies were always united in the struggle, But, Wood writers there was much more conflict within the colonies. Slave freedom, poor servant and serious problems between natives and colonists. In the back countries, peasant farmers transformed into vagrants and the leader in the government could not control them. To add to the growing problems, through all the growth, the elite in the colonies got most of the benefit and held most of the politi¬cal power. Meanwhile, the poor were struggling to stay alive, in freezing cold weather. (p. 23-26) Another view that Wood bring up is that the colonists were dealing with an economic
