<P> The British colonies in North America became part of the global British trading network, as the value tripled for exports from British North 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 . British North America had an advantage in natural resources and established its own thriving shipbuilding industry, and many North American merchants engaged in the transatlantic trade . </P> <P> 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 British North 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 some slave revolts, such as the Stono Rebellion and the New York Conspiracy of 1741, but these uprisings were suppressed . </P> <P> A small proportion of the English population migrated to British North 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 ethically diverse than the other colonies . Numerous settlers immigrated from Ireland, both Catholic and Protestant--particularly "New Light" Ulster Presbyterians . Protestant Germans also migrated in large numbers, particularly to Pennsylvania . In the 1740s, the Thirteen Colonies underwent the First Great Awakening . </P> <P> In 1738, an incident involving a Welsh mariner named Robert Jenkins sparked the War of Jenkins' Ear between Britain and Spain . Hundreds of North Americans volunteered for Admiral Edward Vernon's assault on Cartegena de Indias, a Spanish city in South America . The war against Spain merged into a broader conflict known as the War of the Austrian Succession, but most colonists called it King George's War . In 1745, British and colonial forces captured the town of Louisbourg, and the war came to an end with the 1748 Treaty of Aix - la - Chapelle . However, many colonists were angered when Britain returned Louisbourg to France in return for Madras and other territories . In the aftermath of the war, both the British and French sought to expand into the Ohio River valley . </P>

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