An American history . a, NewJersey, and New York — town Hfe was found in combinationwith country life. Along the Hudson River, the descendants 1 Two hundred years later, after having lost one colonial empire and valiantlybuilt up another, England confronted a situation strikingly similar to that of1696. That nations sometimes learn by experience is proved by Englandspresent attitude toward imperial federation. Roughly speaking, the settlements were all on the shores of tidewater orextended inland along the banks of streams. See sections 57, 77, note, 92-94,104, 105, iiS, 123, 131, 132, 138, 17
An American history . a, NewJersey, and New York — town Hfe was found in combinationwith country life. Along the Hudson River, the descendants 1 Two hundred years later, after having lost one colonial empire and valiantlybuilt up another, England confronted a situation strikingly similar to that of1696. That nations sometimes learn by experience is proved by Englandspresent attitude toward imperial federation. Roughly speaking, the settlements were all on the shores of tidewater orextended inland along the banks of streams. See sections 57, 77, note, 92-94,104, 105, iiS, 123, 131, 132, 138, 178. ii6 AMERICAN HISTORY of the patroons still held their feudal estates, while the littlecity at the mouth of the river was already becoming a centerof influence. To the eastward there were scarcely any largelanded estates. The severe climate and the poor soil unitedto make the open country of comparatively little gathered in towns to be together during the longwinters and to find profitable THE BATTERY, NEW YORK, IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 168. City Population of the Colonies. It is a questionwhich was the largest American city. In 1700 Pennestimated the population of Philadelphia at twelve thousand,but this was probably an exaggeration. Boston in 1700 hadsome seven thousand people; New York about five was somewhat smaller than New York. In Mary-land and Virginia the capitals were meeting places rather thancities. At certain times they were filled with the great folk ofthe colony. At other times they came near to being their permanent population was small. In both cases,toward the end of the century the capital was changed. In OUR FIRST GREAT TURNING POINT 117 Virginia it was removed from Jamestown to Williamsburg;in Maryland, from St. Marys to AnnapoUs. 169. The Descent of the Americans. The vast majorityof these people scattered over America were of Enghsh descent,but other races were represented. In New York, of
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