Growth and Organization of the Labour Force
Labour force estimates are a modern development and there is little systematic data relating to the labour force in colonial British North America. If we assume that the participation rate was fairly stable through the period before 1850, as seems reasonable given that neither the structure of employment opportunities nor cultural determinants of gender roles and the like were subject to major changes during this time, the growth of the labour force probably paralleled that of the population as a whole. Once data do become available as a result of the censuses of 1851 and 1861 the total labour force in British North America was given as 762 thousand in the first and just over 105 thousand in the second which is roughly the same as the growth of the population over the same period. (Indeed, this remained the case throughout the remainder of the 19th Century.)
2006-09-23 03:57:30
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answered by Janis G 5
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Catholics in the North, Protestants in the South, beginning of the Civil War, Slavery Vs non-Slavery, North against South
Population: English, Irish, Dutch, French and German who officially became Americans afterwards. That is my first impression but I can always be wrong. No place for the few indians left.
2006-09-23 03:55:34
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answered by Avatar13 4
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Sounds like a challenge. You would have the native population. The Canadians and Mexicans.
It would be even harder to find the population of Sourth America.
2006-09-23 03:53:19
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answered by Steven A 3
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Wel this was during the civil war and all could find is that the war had 970,000 casualties, which was 3% of the population back then. Do the math.
2006-09-23 04:07:51
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answered by meme_09 2
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There isn't a continent called Nourth America.
2006-09-23 03:45:59
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answered by Gypsy Rose 3
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