Society and Culture in Provincial America

Chapter 3

The Colonial Population

• Early Population

• Other Groups:

• Headright system

Birth and Death

• Chesapeake • New England

VS.

Chesapeake Women

• 17th Century

• 18th Century

New England

• Lower death rates= stronger family structure

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Slavery’s Beginning

• Portuguese-Dutch-English

• By 18th century, rigid distinction between black and white

Changing Population

• By Late 17th century

Colonial Economics

South North

VS

Rise in Colonial Commerce

• Amazing that colonies survived

• Trans-Atlantic trade

Patterns of Society

• The Plantation (South)

• Plantation Slavery

*Fake Smile*

Patterns of Society Cont’d

• The Puritan Community (North)

• The Witchcraft Phenomenon– Events

– Why?

Patterns of Society Cont’d

• Cities

The Colonial Mind

• Pattern of Religions

• The Decline of Piety

The Colonial Mind Cont’d

• The Great Awakening– Began in 1730s reached climax in 1740s

The Colonial Mind Cont’d

• The Enlightenment

• Education

The Colonial Mind Cont’d

• Science

• Law and Politics