Was The American Colonies Better Than Life In The 18th Century

When Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas accidentally, tons of opportunities were born. Europe finally found a great opportunity to colonize the Americas for economic, political, and social benefits. England, who was experiencing overpopulation in the 18th century, colonized the eastern coast of today’s United States and their government and economy received massive benefits. However, life in the colonies had immeasurable, potential possibilities for new colonists to improve their life and to start a family. Life in the colonies was better than life in England for many reasons regarding economics, politics, and religion.
In Americas, most people came from England because of overpopulation or religious prosecution. When England first discovered in 1607, at first, they were not successful because of mistakes in traveling to the Americas and the swampy area, but these first encounters helped them revise their colonization methodology. However, they failed to establish good long-lasting relations with the Native
Tobacco, the ultimate American cash crop at the time, was Jamestown’s salvation and soon, many colonies way of getting money by trading it. There were also many other valuable goods that were involved in international trade, sugar as sugar and rum (that was involved in the Triangular trade). As quoted in American Firsthand from Adriaen Van Der Donck (pg. 36), “I have heretofore embraced several opportunities” in the New Netherlands. Also, slavery was key in the colonies. Slaves from Africa and hard labor brought colonists, mostly in the South, great opportunities to become rich and to participate in trade with Europe and Africa. The opportunities in the Americas economically from cash crops to slavery provided people and families a better lifestyle than in overpopulating