美国殖民地时期的人口变动及其意义(国外英语资料).docVIP

美国殖民地时期的人口变动及其意义(国外英语资料) Population changes and their significance in the colonial period of the United States Study on American colonial population, due to restricted by data scarcity, American academia is not as in a very long period of time, is to be ignored. Since 1960s, the Annales school and the Cambridge history of British population and social structure research groups academic achievement stimulation, American scholars use a variety of scattered community records, books and other materials will family, with the help of European scholars trying to find out the research methods and norms, to describe the early population starting from the details, the Humphreys commendable achievements. In the study of American history in the United States, this problem is hardly involved; as far as the population change is concerned, it is not clear. This paper uses the history of population and social history research, made a rough investigation to the 1607 and 1775 North American population changes and social influence, which from one side to understand the changes of American society and the characteristics of early. I. Changes in population and their causes There was a general trend in population change in the colonial period: the population of whites and blacks grew steadily, and the population of Indians declined. Because of the limitations of data, only a relatively reliable estimate of the population of whites and blacks (see table below). Population of British North American colonies from 1620 to 1780 Item \ year 1620165016801700 1720175017701780 Whites 228248768144536, 223071397346934340, 16882542204949 Blacks 201600697127817, 68839236420459822, 575420 Total 230350368151507, 250888466185117076, 21480762780369 Since the establishment of different colonies has different times, the arrival of the peak of population growth is sooner or later. New England and the upper part of the South roughly began to grow considerably in population from 1670s, while the growth of the