Wentworth Cheswell was the first African American to hold public office in America. His father was black and his mother white. In 1774, as was elected as town messenger, where he rode with Paul Revere to alert Portsmouth residents, New Hampshire about two British ships. As the war broke out between the colonists and British in America, he joined the army and served as a private in Colonel John Langdon’s company and fought at the Battle of Saratoga.
Trade in Europe grew by 1100 because feudalism had made Europe safer, and new technology enabled people to produce more goods and food. As a result, Trade resumed.