Eliseo Lugo III

By the end of the next two classes, students will be able to: Describe the Triangular Trade and how it affected American Society Analyze why slavery grows in America. 3. Explain the differences between the regions of the English Colonies as they develop. 4. Explain what life was like on a colonial farm 5. Describe the roles of men, women and children in colonial America. 6. Compare and contrast the class differences that existed in colonial society.

 As population grows there is an increased need for more government.  Agricultural / Pre-Industrial society.  Women married early and had large families.  Growth of Towns and Villages.  Subsistence Farming

 Commerce  Waterpower, Lumber, Mills (Grain)  Cottage industry  Shipbuilding, Fishing, intra- colonial trade  Triangular Trade

 Shipping Africans to the West Indies.

This plan above of a slave ship developed by Clarkson and his co-workers shocked the public when it appeared in It shows how 482 slaves could be packed on board the Brookes of Liverpool for the 6 to 8 week voyage to the West Indies. The Brookes actually carried 609 slaves on one voyage.

 Because of the good soil and long growing season the South did not develop commerce or industry.  They depended on English Merchants to manage their trade.  Cultivated Large Farms – Plantations which needed a large unskilled labor force.

 The cash crop of Maryland and Virginia was tobacco. However, overproduction would cause profits to fall. So, farmers began the switch to corn and wheat.  The cash crop of South Carolina and Georgia was Rice.  Rice cultivation is very labor intensive.

 The majority of colonists, even in the South were not slave holders.  However, much of the economy was either based on slave labor or indirectly through the slave trade.  African Slaves brought with them their languages and cultures.  They also brought with them the knowledge of cultivating Rice.

 A religious movement concentrated in New England and the Middle Colonies.  They called for a re-birth, “A return to the strong faith of earlier days.  Why would this movement not take hold in the South?  Slavery!

The Family is the Foundation of Colonial Society Women: Cooked, Made Butter and Cheese, Made Clothes, Tended Livestock, ect. Men: Worked the Fields, Built Houses and Barns, Represented Family in Community

Boys: Indentured Servants or Apprentices Young Women: Maids, Cooks, Nurses, until married.

Colonists Valued Education and children were usually taught to read and write at home. Pennsylvania and Massachusetts set up public school systems – by law.

 Your Task:  1. Read pages in your American history textbook.  2. Complete all Checkpoint questions on pages  3. Complete questions 1-2 on page 112 of your textbook. (Check your Progress)  Extra Credit: Complete question #5 on page 112 of your textbook and submit separately.