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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