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Productivity in Colonial America
A look at the factors that led to productivity increases during the Colonial period in American history.
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| 2008
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(U.S. American Society, 1640-1750)
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This essay provides a discussion of various factors that led to productivity increases during the Colonial period in American history, with a focus from 1650-1750. The paper explains how due to readily available supplies of arable land and slave labor and the rise of a mercantile class and technological advances, productivity increased greatly during this period, but most of the output increase was due to the agricultural sector.
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"Colonial America is a period that spans nearly half of U.S. history two centuries out of four since the founding of Jamestown in .... Despite a persistent perception and reinforced historical image of not being an overly productive economic time in U.S. history, nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the colonial period was an era during which the American work ethic took root, a time when work did not proceed according to the..."Cite this Term Paper:
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