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From Puritans to Yankees:New Haven's Growing Years 1783-1861
From Puritans to YankeesNew Haven's Growing Years 17831861 Author:Myrna Kagan This is the continuing story of the growth of New Haven from the time our nation won its independence from England to the outbreak of the Civil War. After the Revolutionary War, an angry England no longer supplied essential goods for the young nation. Possibilities for inventing new things and earning great profits seemed endless. Yankee... more » ingenuity went to work. New inventions made life easier for people. Many small industries developed, and by the beginning of the 19th century larger industries manufactured goods that were eagerly purchased in Europe and the United States. Trade increased and the city prospered. Although there were some difficult times, it seemed that New Haveners could not be stopped. But beneath a self-satisfied society, loomed the lurking problems of race and slavery that would lead to the Civil War.« less