But later in life, after his exposure to the ideals of the American ... 25% of the colonial population owned slaves, slavery factored heavily in the economy of all the British North American ...

The course surveys major developments in the economic history of North America between 1600 and 2000. Colonial development; the American Revolution; Early North American Industry; Slavery; Westward ...

but it was his arrival—and subsquent three additional voyages over the next twelve years—that shephereded in an era of exploration and colonization of North and South America. While this ...