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=== British colonial population growth & demographics===
* 1625: 2,000
* 1775: 2.4 million
* from 1530-1680 200,000 immigrants arrived to the colonies
* of approx 500,000 European migrants to the American colonies before 1775, approx:
** 55,000 were prisoners
** 215,000 came as indentured servants
*** 75% of those were under the age of 25 
**** most of the indentured children were related to the sponsor
* demographic impact
** increasing diversity of migrants from England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany
** diverse origins, religions, and motives
** headright system & indentured servitude led to diverse economic class
** African slavery
** 1630-1770s, 1/2 to 2/3rds of European migrants to the American colonies came as indentured servants
* see 
**https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indentured_servitude#North_America
**https://web.viu.ca/davies/H320/population.colonies.htm

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|+Push/Pull factors for British settlement in North America
!'''Push factors''' 
!|'''Pull factors'''
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* population growth in England
* land use focus in England went from rents (collecting rent) to sheep herding for wool, which displaced tenants
* religious & political persecution
* English Civil War
* primogeniture (1st born inherits), so 2nd+ sons seeking opportunity
* political advantage
* corporate organization (formal structures for exploration & migration)
* criminality
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* economic opportunity
* adventurism
* religious freedom
* political opportunity
* economic opportunity
* "new start"
* demand for labor
* slavery
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