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This is a list of colonial and pre-Federal U.S. historical population, ... New Hampshire [d] 1629 — — 500 1,055 1,305 1,555 1,805 2,047 4,164 New Jersey:
List of Countries by Population 1500: 1600: 1700: This is a list of countries by population in 1600. Estimate numbers are from the beginning of the year, and exact ...
New England is the oldest clearly defined region of the United States, being settled more than 150 years before the American Revolution.The first colony in New England was Plymouth Colony, established in 1620 by the Puritan Pilgrims who were fleeing religious persecution in England.
The New England Colonies of British America included Connecticut Colony, ... however, the overall Puritan population remained small through the 1620s. [11]
The eastern and northern frontier around the initial New England settlements was mainly settled by the Yankee descendants of the original New Englanders. Emigration to the New England colonies after 1640 and the start of the English Civil War decreased to less than 1% (about equal to the death rate) in nearly all years before 1845. The rapid ...
Map depicting tribal distribution in southern New England, c. 1600; the political boundaries shown are modern Before the arrival of European colonists on the eastern shore of New England, the area around Massachusetts Bay was the territory of several Algonquian-speaking peoples, including the Massachusetts, Nausets, and Wampanoags.
By the middle of the 18th century, New England's population had grown dramatically, going from about 100,000 people in 1700 to 250,000 in 1725 and 375,000 in 1750 thanks to high birth rates and relatively high overall life expectancy. (A 15-year-old boy in 1700 could expect to live to about 63.)
New England Abenaki: 15,000 1600 31 J. A. Maurault and J. R. Swanton 57 NE Woodlands New England Pennacook confederacy 15,000 1674 Daniel Gookin: 58 NE Woodlands New England Wampanoag (mainland) 15,000 1600 30 Daniel Gookin and J. R. Swanton 59 NE Woodlands Louisiana Purchase Missouria [Note 16] [84] 15,000 1764 H. Bouquet and J. Buchanan 60 ...