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Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, etc. is a short essay written in 1751 by American polymath Benjamin Franklin. It was circulated by Franklin in manuscript to his circle of friends, but in 1755 it was published as an addendum in a Boston pamphlet on another subject. [2]
In 1751 Benjamin Franklin commented on the demographic and commercial development of the British colonies in North America in an essay entitled “Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, Etc.” Franklin’s article extolled the virtues of British colonization and described the relationship between the colonies ...
Observations concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, &c. (1751) By Alan Houston, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California, San Diego Benjamin Franklin; Edited by Alan Houston, University of California, San Diego; Book: Franklin: The Autobiography and Other Writings on Politics, Economics, and Virtue
4 de ene. de 2002 · Observations concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, &c. 1. Tables of the Proportion of Marriages to Births, of Deaths to Births, of Marriages to the Numbers of Inhabitants, &c. form’d on Observaions made upon the Bills of Mortality, Christnings, &c. of populous Cities, will not suit Countries; nor will Tables ...
Peopling of Countries, Etc. Benjamin Franklin (1755) In this essay—reprinted several times in the 1750s-60s, on both sides of the Atlantic—colonial intellectual Benjamin Franklin lays out his policy views on how to increase the prosperity of Britain’s fast-growing North American colonies. The excerpts presented here show Franklin making an
People not only leave such a Country, and settling Abroad incorporate with other Nations, lose their native Language, and become Foreigners; but the Industry of those that remain being discourag'd, the Quantity of Subsistence in the Country is lessen'd, and the Support of a Family becomes more difficult.
16 de oct. de 2023 · In 1751, amidst the colonies' rapid expansion, Franklin composed the insightful essay “Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind” to comment on colonial population growth and its economic implications. As an eminent scholar and diplomat, Franklin analyzed colonial demographic data and trends, finding that high birth rates ...
