Chapter 3 Oppression and Opportunity in Colonial Society.
Stability in the New England Colonies What factors lead to stability in the New England colonies? Clean water Cool climate Mostly came to the new world in families which lessoned the shock to living in the new world.
Results of Stability Rapid Population growth from migration A more stable society Disease spread less frequently Unprecedented increase in human longevity
Commonwealth families As population grows we find an increase in marriage. Households were primarily a place of demanding work. What was the Primary goal in this agrarian society? To clear enough land to feed the family. There was also the hope that any extra could be sold.
Foundations of Colonial life New England was built upon the foundation of? Family How were children educated ? At first were educated by the family They were taught Christianity at an early age and basic chores. As population grew towns were required to build schools based on local taxes
Foundations of Colonial life New England was built upon the foundation of? Family How were children educated ? At first were educated by the family They were taught Christianity at an early age and basic chores. As population grew towns were required to build schools based on local taxes
Women’s roles Women were important to the in the work they did though it was different from men. *Washing *Cooking *Dairying *Gardening
The life of a women in New England Did women have any real rights within New England? Women lacked rights in the following: Political Economic And legal Though women were essential to success of the household they were not afforded many of the same rights as men.
Groups arise in New England As New England began to prosper groups slowly began to form their own social hierarchy *Provincial Gentry *yeomen *indentured servants
Provincial Gentry Well placed individuals that could not be natural rulers in the old world became. Possessed education and wealth. Took on dominant roles and responsibilities Winthrop's, Dudley's, Pynchon's
yeomen which can be considered independent farmers working their own land. Though they did not become rich they were more likely to fall into debt
indentured servants At the bottom There was some ability for upward social and economic mobility
The Chesapeake Bay area
How did life in the Chesapeake bay area differ from New England? Family life: Was not favorable in the development of the Chesapeake bay Colonists generally arrived alone There was in imbalance between men and women *Women that did arrive were indentured servants and lost some reproductive year serving out their terms of service. Child bearing was extremely dangerous in the Chesapeake area.
Chesapeake economics What was the main good that shaped society? Tobacco cultivation was the base for the economy, which perpetuated social inequality. Great planters dominated the area by controlling large estates and labor.(Had titles that could pass from generation to generation) Labor consisted of indentured servants and slaves. Freeman former servants formed the largest class. Cities and towns were slow to develop.
Slavery roots Colonists saw how successful slavery was in the Portuguese colonies. Slavery had died out in the mother country but it was still seen as useful. Bringing slaves in was Primarily based around economics. Originally slave codes were not developed due to it being such a small population. There was no evidence that white planters preferred slaves over indentured servants. Most of the slaves were shipped from Barbados Originally Virginia colonies had trouble affording slaves since other countries could pay more. As the slave population grew larger more codes were put in place.
Mercantilism Prevailing economic philosophy of the 1600s that held that colonies existed to serve the mother country. Founded on the belief that the world’s wealth was sharply limited and therefore, one nation’s gain was another nation’s loss. Each nation’s goal was to export more than it imported in a favorable balance of trade; the difference would be made up in their possession of gold and silver, Which make each nation strong economically and militarily. Mercantilists believed economic activity should be regulated by the government.
Regulating colonial trade Parliament passed a series of navigation acts which detailed commercial restrictions and set- up the board of trade to oversee colonial affairs and to limit competition. Reforms were: Shipping guide lines, and a list of enumerated goods that could only flow from colonies directly to England. The Navigation acts were attempted to get rid of Dutch competition. Enumerated goods were: tobacco, sugar, cotton, indigo, dyewoods, and ginger
Colonial Factions and Political Revolt In the second half of the seventeenth century, several of the colonies experienced instability as local gentry split into factions Bacon’s Rebellion: Stemmed from economic depression and political repression in the Virginia colony. Nathaniel Bacon capitalized on this rural unrest in leading an unsucessful rebellion against the government of Lord Berkeley.