Family Labor and the Growth

of the Northern Colonies

1640–1760

Early New England

 

A Freeholders’ Society

Equality and Inequality in Puritan Society

Conflict with Indians

America and England in the Late Seventeenth Century

The Establishment of the Middle Colonies

The Glorious Revolution of 1688–1689

Iroquois Diplomacy and the Limits of Colonial Expansion

Rural Societies in the Eighteenth Century

New York and Pennsylvania

Rural Families and Independence

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Constraints in Rural Society

New England Primerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Primer

New England Primerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Primer

Urban America

Cities by the Sea

Urban Elites

Artisans, Laborers, and Seamen

Walter Isaacson: "Benjamin Franklin: An American Life"

Benjamin Franklinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin

Paul Reverehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere

George Robert Twelves Heweshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Robert_Twelves_Hewes

The Unfree: Servants and Slaves

"Head of a Negro" by John Singleton Copleyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Singleton_Copley 

Hierarchy and Equality inNorthern Societies

Government and Power

Popular Politics and Direct Action

Social and Political Tensions

The Great Awakening in the North

Jonathan Edwardshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Edwards_(theologian)