During the war, crop demands were high, this increased harvest fields. Then after the war, the demand of crops fell sharply. The farmers had a lot of crops, but weren't able to sell everything. They couldn't get enough money to pay off their debts. That was the start of the great depression.
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Adam Smith, he was the first to write on the concept of a free market economy, the basis of Capitalism.
What is it you would like to know about it? ..why they left England?...because of the intoloration of the church if England, they came to new England to escape it . they didn't tolerate other religions ironically