Describe the elites of the American colonies in the eighteenth century
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While the colonial elite never reached the power and status of the English aristocracy, the wealthy leaders in the American colonies grew in significance as their societies matured. Although Americans benefited more broadly from economic growth than their fellow countrymen in England, the gap between rich and poor grew rapidly. The Atlantic trade fostered merchant elites with ties to London, which depended on credit and personal connections. In the South, large rice and tobacco planters accumulated enormous wealth, often by using their posts in government to grant themselves enormous stretches of land. And even though the elites in the Americas did not derive their influence from their family tree, elite clans controlled colonial governments and the Anglican Church. Especially in Virginia, success depended on family ties
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