In the late 1700's North America was nearly 50 years from coming out of the Little Ice Age, temperatures were a few degrees lower than normal, doesn't sound like much but it changed the global climate for well over 300 years. The United States did not come out of this unitl the early 1830's. In 1816 the "year without a summer" occured, it snowed in June in many states. Largely this was caused by the eruption of Mount Tambora, but the ice age was a huge factor of life and death in the 1700's.
Last edited by sb1; 06-21-2010 at 06:29 PM.
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