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			1790 New England has a million people

1800 With 1,400,000 people N.E. contains 28 percent of the U.S. population
			1800 Population in Connecticut stagnates while Maine explodes

1850 At 2,729,000, N.E. composes less than 12 percent of the U.S. population
			1850 45 out of 100 New Englanders live in Maine, NH, or Vermont

1870 Most female wage workers are employed in factories or as household servants.

			1894 Immigration Restriction League Founded at Harvard

1900 New England's 5.5 million people make up 7 percent of the U.S. population
			1900 75 of 100 New Englanders live in Mass, Conn, or RI

1924 Congress passes restrictive immigration laws

			1925 Vermont launches a Eugenics Survey

1950 New England has over 9 million people, 6 percent of the nation's population

			2000 N. E.'s 12 million people compose less than 5 percent of the U.S. population

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