Name three key developments in colonial life. How does each indicate that life in the colonies improved steadily?

Three key development in colonial life were: - The Consumer Revolution where improvements in transportation, manufacturing, and availability of credit increased the colonists’ opportunity to buy consumer goods. - Increase of trade across the Atlantic, where Britain was dependent on the colonies for commodities and luxuries harvested or produced in the colonies. This enabled the colonists to increase income and grow communities. - Colonial government was more open to pursuing political, individual and religious freedom. Being far from Britain, this development gave the colonists the opportunity to break away from old norms, as American society was not as rigidly-controlled as European Society.