On a personal level less connected but the answer is probably Richer. It cant be more educated because Americans have never been less educated then todays society. California leading the way in Stupidity.
I believe it's colonial assemblies.
Hope this helps!
Women in the colonies married earlier than their European counterparts, and as a result had larger families. In the colonies, they married about four years earlier. They also had a higher fertility rate and long lives which led the population of New England to boom