Well you might ask why people kept going on ships across the ocean if the quality of life was worse. A randomly googled source is https://www.encyclopedia.com/

Well you might ask why people kept going on ships across the ocean if the quality of life was worse. A randomly googled source is https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/1754-1783-business-and-economy-overview https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/news-wires-white-papers... , which casually mentions a bunch of relevant numbers.