Diligent labor, exertion, pain 22. One engaged in mercantile transactions. In the colonies everyone was in business. In old world, the nobles and peasants were not. In American agriculture is a business - you must produce a cash crop.
Land becomes a commodity.
In the Old World land is inherited. By 1776, social prestige, political power, and high position could be achieved by success in business. In Am trade can make you into a gentlemen 5. Slavery was big business. The colonies were without exception established for trade.