what factors led to a remarkable increase in the population of the british colonies of north america after 1660

FirstName Surname Course Instructor Date Factors that Led to Increase in Population in British Colonies of North America after 1660 One of the main factors that led to an influx of people in the British Colonies of North America is probably the land incentive that the Europeans were offered to travel all the way form Europe across the Atlantic to North America. The company in charge of the colonies offered the potential settlers about 50 acres of land if they could cover the cost of travel to America, but id they couldn`t they could come and work as servants (Rodriguez 86). Most of the colonial population had died by the end of the first year and the natives helped the survivors grow crops on the tilling land. And to encourage further population The Pilgrim Fathers were encouraged to pay homage to New England, leading to the further spread of English colonialist and formation of new towns such as Wethersfield in the state of Connecticut. The large numbers of settlers that were transported to New England swelled the population. Another factor is the huge number of slaves that were transported into North America by the end of the 17th century in order to ser...