EnglandBased on the American Colonies

• England Economics

• England Emigration

England Economics• Spain, Portugal, and France were hybrid

economic cultures in which capitalist enterprise remained stopped by feudal traditions and powerful monarchs. In comparison, England and the Netherlands, they fully developed capitalist societies faster, in which the productions of land, labor, and capital were privately owned, available for sale, and devoted to harvesting or making goods for sale to reach a profit. England never reached the mature form of capitalism, but passed into that early stage known as mercantile capitalism. During the 16th and 17th centuries, the English and Dutch merchant classes were forming combinations of land, labor, and capital meant to gather profit for further investments and production.

England Emigration

• Emigration from England to the Chesapeake doubled from about 6k per decade during the 1630’s. The Chesapeake colonial population grew from 13k in 1650 to 41k in 1670. The Colonist shipped about 3 million pounds of tobacco. The growth in production and productivity contributed to cheaper prices for tobacco, opening a larger market in England. In the 17th century, the English developed 2 types of colonial governments; royal and proprietary. Until the 18th century, royal colonies belonged to the crown, and the proprietary colonies belonged to private interests. There were times when there was confusion on who ruled England. There was aristocracy and gentry combined noble birth, a classical education, refined manners, extensive lands, and conspicuous wealth.