CHAPTER VIII

THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY OF NEW ENGLAND

Population of Puritan colonies--Towns--Wooden houses--Industry and commerce--Minor industries--Shipbuilding--Eighteenth-century commerce--Agriculture--Want of money--The colonial mint--Paper money--Wages and prices--The poor-law--Slavery--Missionary efforts--Religion--Education--Literature--Printing--Means of travel--Curious laws--The character of the settlers 168