Table 7.1
Table 7.2
2. a. 8 points According to Tables 7.1 and 7.2, the Revolutionary War altered the trade patterns that existed between the colonies and elsewhere before the war and what existed between the states and elsewhere after the war. What destinations for colonial and then American exports experienced the greatest gains following independence? What was being shipped and why did these exports increase as they did? b. What destinations for colonial and then American exports experienced the greatest declines following independence? Why did these exports decrease after the war and might the decrease in fact have been as large as is reported? What colony and later state experienced the largest percentage gains in exports per capita following independence? That is, looking at the ratio of exports per capita after independence to exports per capita before independence, which state experienced the greatest increase? Which state experienced the largest decrease? For the nation as a whole, did exports per capita rise or fall after independence? Was this due to a decline in total exports or to population increasing faster than did exports? How can you tell? d. PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL 1768-1772 1790-1792 1,616 58% 1,234 643 31% 16 406 14 557 14 759 27 402 10 DESTINATION Great Britain and Ireland Northern Europe Southern Europe British West Indies Foreign West Indies Africa Canadian Colonies Other Total 956 24 21 1 42 1 - 60 2 59 2 2,802 100% 3,953 100% Note: -= not applicable. Source: Shepherd and Walton 1976. 1768-1772 1791-1792 . EXPORTS PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL ORIGIN PER CAPITA EXPORTS TOTAL EXPORTS PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL PER CAPITA EXPORTS 477 17% 0.82 842 22% 0.83 16 2 0.74 33 1 0.23 258 9 0.97 542 14 1.14 81 3 1.39 119 3 1.72 92 3 0.50 148 4 0.62 560 20 1.01 1.127 30 1.11 187 7 1.15 512 14 1.51 2 0.02 5 0.03 353 13 1.17 584 16 1.31 New England New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut Middle Atlantic New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Upper South Maryland Virginia Lower South North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Total, all regions 18 1 0.51 26 1 0.44 1,162 11 1.79 1,160 31 1.09 392 14 1.93 482 13 1.51 770 27 1.72 678 18 0.91 604 22 1.75 637 17 0.88 75 3 0.38 104 3 0.27 455 16 3.66 436 12 1.75 74 3 3.17 97 3 1.17 2,803 100% 1.31 3,766 100% 0.99 Source: Shepherd and Walton 1976 2. a. 8 points According to Tables 7.1 and 7.2, the Revolutionary War altered the trade patterns that existed between the colonies and elsewhere before the war and what existed between the states and elsewhere after the war. What destinations for colonial and then American exports experienced the greatest gains following independence? What was being shipped and why did these exports increase as they did? b. What destinations for colonial and then American exports experienced the greatest declines following independence? Why did these exports decrease after the war and might the decrease in fact have been as large as is reported? What colony and later state experienced the largest percentage gains in exports per capita following independence? That is, looking at the ratio of exports per capita after independence to exports per capita before independence, which state experienced the greatest increase? Which state experienced the largest decrease? For the nation as a whole, did exports per capita rise or fall after independence? Was this due to a decline in total exports or to population increasing faster than did exports? How can you tell? d. PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL 1768-1772 1790-1792 1,616 58% 1,234 643 31% 16 406 14 557 14 759 27 402 10 DESTINATION Great Britain and Ireland Northern Europe Southern Europe British West Indies Foreign West Indies Africa Canadian Colonies Other Total 956 24 21 1 42 1 - 60 2 59 2 2,802 100% 3,953 100% Note: -= not applicable. Source: Shepherd and Walton 1976. 1768-1772 1791-1792 . EXPORTS PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL ORIGIN PER CAPITA EXPORTS TOTAL EXPORTS PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL PER CAPITA EXPORTS 477 17% 0.82 842 22% 0.83 16 2 0.74 33 1 0.23 258 9 0.97 542 14 1.14 81 3 1.39 119 3 1.72 92 3 0.50 148 4 0.62 560 20 1.01 1.127 30 1.11 187 7 1.15 512 14 1.51 2 0.02 5 0.03 353 13 1.17 584 16 1.31 New England New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut Middle Atlantic New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Upper South Maryland Virginia Lower South North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Total, all regions 18 1 0.51 26 1 0.44 1,162 11 1.79 1,160 31 1.09 392 14 1.93 482 13 1.51 770 27 1.72 678 18 0.91 604 22 1.75 637 17 0.88 75 3 0.38 104 3 0.27 455 16 3.66 436 12 1.75 74 3 3.17 97 3 1.17 2,803 100% 1.31 3,766 100% 0.99 Source: Shepherd and Walton 1976
