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Colonial SocietyColonial Society

EconomyEconomy– New EnglandNew England

Religious & hard workingReligious & hard working– Puritan ethicPuritan ethic

Small farmsSmall farms– Rocky soil was not easy to farmRocky soil was not easy to farm

Small businessSmall business– Milling grainMilling grain– Sewing clothesSewing clothes– BlacksmithBlacksmith– ShoemakersShoemakers

ShipbuildingShipbuilding– Forests provided lumberForests provided lumber– Fishing and whalingFishing and whaling

– Middle ColoniesMiddle Colonies Soil was suitable for farmingSoil was suitable for farming

– Wheat, tobacco and cash cropsWheat, tobacco and cash crops Foreign trade opened busy portsForeign trade opened busy ports

Busy portsBusy ports– Created demand for:Created demand for:

SawmillsSawmills Mines for mineralsMines for minerals ironworksironworks

– Southern ColoniesSouthern Colonies Warm climate & long growing seasonWarm climate & long growing season

– tidewaterstidewaters– Rivers made for easy transportation of cropsRivers made for easy transportation of crops– Grains, rice, corn, tobaccoGrains, rice, corn, tobacco– IndigoIndigo– PlantationsPlantations

Very little manufacturingVery little manufacturing Traded ag products for manufactured goodsTraded ag products for manufactured goods Relied on slave laborRelied on slave labor

American IdentityAmerican Identity– ReligionReligion

Desired religious freedomDesired religious freedom– Some colonies religion & politics mixedSome colonies religion & politics mixed– Other colonies religion & politics was separateOther colonies religion & politics was separate

– Great AwakeningGreat Awakening 1720’s powerful religious revival1720’s powerful religious revival

– Baptists Methodists grew strongerBaptists Methodists grew stronger– Slaves christianizedSlaves christianized

– EducationEducation Religion fueled schoolsReligion fueled schools

– Minister were trained in America’s first collegesMinister were trained in America’s first colleges Harvard, Princeton, William & MaryHarvard, Princeton, William & Mary

– Schools taught people to read the bibleSchools taught people to read the bible Some colonies levied taxes to pay for Some colonies levied taxes to pay for

schoolsschools

– Family LifeFamily Life MenMen

– Formal head of familyFormal head of family– Managed all community & church affairsManaged all community & church affairs

WomenWomen– Looked after childrenLooked after children– Outside homeOutside home

Maids, cooks, teachers, shopkeepers, seamstressMaids, cooks, teachers, shopkeepers, seamstress Few rightsFew rights No voteNo vote Could own property & run business (if widowed)Could own property & run business (if widowed)

ChildrenChildren– Worked as apprenticesWorked as apprentices

To learn a skillTo learn a skill

Ideas About Gov’tIdeas About Gov’t– EgalitarianismEgalitarianism

Emerged from the Enlightenment & Great Emerged from the Enlightenment & Great AwakeningAwakening

Believed they possessed English rightsBelieved they possessed English rights– Gov’t run by royal appointeesGov’t run by royal appointees

No say in thisNo say in this Taxes & policies favored British interestsTaxes & policies favored British interests

– Gov’t in ColoniesGov’t in Colonies All had a constitutionAll had a constitution Rep govRep gov Saw self-gov as a rightSaw self-gov as a right

– DiscontentDiscontent Feelings of not having rightsFeelings of not having rights Locke’s ideas were popularLocke’s ideas were popular

– Gov gets power from the peopleGov gets power from the people– British gov’t was distant & uncaringBritish gov’t was distant & uncaring– Independence!!Independence!!