Chapter 3
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Chapter 3
COLONIAL SOCIETY
SPANISH Christianity Daily life
Pueblo Indians Revolt
MAP 3.3 European Colonies of the Atlantic Coast, 1607–39 Virginia, on Chesapeake Bay, was the first English colony in North America, but by the mid-seventeenth century, Virginia was joined by settlements of Scandinavians on the Delaware River, and Dutch on the Hudson River, as well as English religious dissenters in New England. The territories indicated here reflect the vague boundaries of the early colonies.
DUTCH New Amsterdam Trade, diversity, religious toleration Diversity
Flushing, N.Y. Africans, Jews, Italians, Germans
FRENCH EMPIRE Trade and missionaries Intermixing cultures Different from Spanish
Cooperation
MAP 3.3 European Colonies of the Atlantic Coast, 1607–39 Virginia, on Chesapeake Bay, was the first English colony in North America, but by the mid-seventeenth century, Virginia was joined by settlements of Scandinavians on the Delaware River, and Dutch on the Hudson River, as well as English religious dissenters in New England. The territories indicated here reflect the vague boundaries of the early colonies.
DAILY LIFE IN VIRGINIA Third world conditions Life expectancy
Grandparents? 45 (F), 50 (M)
Little social developments
Expansion / Conflict Population growth
Natives
BACON’S REBELLION Chaos Conflict
Nathaniel Bacon Consequences?
Land + Natives Economic division Slavery
Puritanism in England PURITANS:
Religious reformers “Purify” church
Hard work to serve God
Persecution
DAILY LIFE IN N.E. Stability, family Villages
Meetinghouse 50-100 families
Economy Native Americans
MAP 3.4 The Proprietary Colonies After the restoration of the Stuart monarchy in 1660, King Charles II of England created the new proprietary colonies of Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. New Hampshire was set off as a royal colony in 1680, and in 1704, the lower counties of Pennsylvania became the colony of Delaware.
Early Carolina Society Ethnic/religiously diverse
Clashes
African slave labor Farming
QUAKERS N.J., Pennsylvania Lower class William Penn Utopianism Church of England corrupt Equality Pacifists, no military Natives and Quakers
COLONIAL SOCIETY Courtship and marriage
Dating?
Frontier people Stealing brides
Puritans Civil; courtship stick, bundling
COLONIAL SOCIETY Virginia
Sacred union Parents
Quakers Consent of everyone Elaborate courtship process
Slaves Broomstick
COLONIAL LIFE Divorce rare Gender roles
Traditional No sex outside marriage Procreation
COLONIAL LIFE Small communities Everyone knew everybody…and what
they were doing
MAP 3.5 Spread of Settlement: British Colonies, 1650–1700 The spread of settlement in the English colonies in the late seventeenth century created the conditions for a number of violent conflicts, including King Philip’s War, Bacon’s Rebellion, and King William’s War.