Please answer the following series of questions 1, 2 and 3.

1.Why is 1697 considered a “turning point in the history of the black population in America”? What had this change resulted in by 1760? On a related note, what was the “triangular trade,” and what does it reveal about colonial economics?

2.What forces gave rise to colonial “cities”? Describe urban life in colonial America. Explain why science and technology were so important in colonial America.

3.What factors contributed to the rapid increase in colonial population during the last half of the seventeenth century?