A. D.I 774- 559 



Indies, except rice to Europe They alfo refolved to increafe the breed 



of {heep, and encourage the manufadures of the country, efpecially 

 thofe of wool, to promote induftry and economy, and to difcourage 

 gaming, public amufements of every kind, and every fpecies of extra- 

 vagance, particularly, mourning clothes, gloves, and fcarfs, at funerals. 



They refolved to hold up to public odium any one who fhould take 



advantage of the fcarcity of goods to demand extravagant prices, or in 

 any refped infringe this refolution ; and that the manufadures of Ame- 

 rica fhould alfo be fold at reafonable prices In cafe of any cargoes 



arriving between the i" of December and the i" of February 1775, 

 they direded, that, at the option of the importers, they fhould either be 

 fent back, flored by the committee of the town or county at the rifk 

 of the importer till the termination of the non-importation agreement, 

 or fold under the diredion of the committee, who in that cafe, fhould 

 pay the prime coft and charges to the importer, and beftow the pro- 

 fit, if any, for the relief of the fufferers by the Bofton port bill : but 

 after the i" of February no goods were to be received on any account. 

 — And they refolved to have no intercourfe with any province of Ame- 

 rica, that fhould refufe to accede to, or fhould violate, this aflbciation. 



The congrefs made the following eftimate of the population of the 

 aflbciated provinces at this time. 



MafTachufets bay 400,000 Maryland 320,000 



New Hampfhire 150,000 Virginia 650,000 



Rhode ifland 59*678 North Carolina 300,000 



Connedicut 192,000 South Carolina 225,000 



New York 250,000 



New Jerfey 130,000 1,495,000 



Pennfylvania with the! 1,531,678 



lower counties on De- >- 350,000 



laware J Total* 3.026,678 



A commercial intercourfe was foon after opened by the Britiflx-Ame- 

 rican colonies with France and Holland, which, in confequence of re- 

 prefentations from the court of Great Britain, was prohibited by au- 

 thority, and connived at, in both countries. 



Mr. Chalmers in his FJl'mn'.coftbeJlrengtbofGreat Britain [/>. 260, ed. 

 1794] reckons the (hipping belonging to the American colonies, now, 

 forming the United ftaies, which were entered in Britifh ports, to have 

 been 34,587 tuns on a:i average- of the years i 771-2-3-4. 



The king in council had iffued letters patent on the 20"' of July 1764, 



• It was nrtfiwards acknowlcgrJ, that this cal- the people of Georgia, atrountt on'y to 2,389.300, 



culatiun w.is CDMfiilcrably exaggerated, governor of whom oi.ly aliout 1,700,000 were white people. 



Pownal [ iT/i-r.or/a/, />. 122] ciliinatcs the whole It is not probahle tliat the i.ur.ibei of peoi.lc in the 



numhiTolthccoloniftsthisyearat i-iiIy2,i4i,3C7 : Air.cric.in thtes was Lfs at the coudulio.i. tl(iri. 



aud tl.c ctnfu: taltin in the year 17^2, i 'tl'ding btforr the hr^'ni;in^, cif tlie war. 



