Who Lives Here?
Population of the Colonial Era
2,000
English Colonists, 1625 in Virginia and Plymouth colonies
250,000
Total white and black colonial population, 1700
1 million
Total white and black colonial population, 1750
2.5 Million
Total white and black colonial population, 1775
16 years old
Average age of white people in the colonies in 1790
21 and 26
Average age of marriage for white women and men, respectively.
50-60
The age white colonists could expect to live to if they lived through their teenage years in the American colonies
Brits, Dutch, Germans, Swedes, French, Finns, Scotch-Irish
Countries of origin for white colonists in the early 1700s
10%
Percentage of colonists who lived in “cities”
“URBAN”
Philadelphia, PA: 30,000
New York, NY: 25,000
Boston, MA: 16,000
Charles Town, SC: 12,000
Newport, RI: 11,000
55,000; 25,000; 18,000
Seating capacity for Gillette Stadium; Fenway Park; and TD Garden
UMASS Amherst has 27,300 students...
5,000
Total black slaves in the colonies in 1675
45,000
The number of new slaves entering the colonies each year by 1750
2 million
Total Native American population east of the Mississippi prior to 1492
250,000
Total Native American population east of the Mississippi by 1750
Add the following cities to your map
Boston, MA
Newport, RI
New York City, NY
Philadelphia, PA
Baltimore, MD
Richmond, VA
Wilmington, NC
Charleston, SC
Savannah, GA