Editing Thirteen Colonies (section)

===Global trade and immigration===
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The British American colonies became part of the global British trading network, as the value tripled for exports from America to Britain between 1700 and 1754. The colonists were restricted in trading with other European powers, but they found profitable trade partners in the other British colonies, particularly in the Caribbean. The colonists traded foodstuffs, wood, tobacco, and various other resources for Asian tea, West Indian coffee, and West Indian sugar, among other items. American Indians far from the Atlantic coast supplied the Atlantic market with beaver fur and deerskins. America had an advantage in natural resources and established its own thriving shipbuilding industry, and many American merchants engaged in the transatlantic trade.<ref>Jacob M. Price, "The Transatlantic Economy" in Jack P., Greene and J. R. Pole, eds. ''Colonial British America'' (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983) pp 18–42.</ref>

Improved economic conditions and easing of religious persecution in Europe made it more difficult to recruit labor to the colonies, and many colonies became increasingly reliant on slave labor, particularly in the South. The population of slaves in America grew dramatically between 1680 and 1750, and the growth was driven by a mixture of forced immigration and the reproduction of slaves. Slaves supported vast plantation economies in the South, while slaves in the North worked in a variety of occupations. There were a few local attempted slave revolts, such as the [[Stono Rebellion]] and the [[New York Conspiracy of 1741]], but these uprisings were suppressed.<ref>Richard S. Dunn, "Servants and slaves: The recruitment and employment of labor." in Jack P., Greene and J. R. Pole, eds. ''Colonial British America'' (1983) pp. 157–194.</ref>

A small proportion of the English population migrated to America after 1700, but the colonies attracted new immigrants from other European countries. These immigrants traveled to all of the colonies, but the Middle Colonies attracted the most and continued to be more ethnically diverse than the other colonies.{{Sfnp|Taylor|2016|pages=18–19}} Numerous settlers immigrated from Ireland,{{Sfnp|Richter|2011|page=360}} both Catholic and Protestant—particularly "[[Old and New Light|New Light]]" [[Ulster]] [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterians]].{{Sfnp|Richter|2011|page=361}} Protestant Germans also immigrated in large numbers, particularly to Pennsylvania.{{Sfnp|Richter|2011|page=362}} In the 1740s, the Thirteen Colonies underwent the [[First Great Awakening]].{{Sfnp|Middlekauff|2005|pages=46–49}}