American Pageant ( 16th Edition ) Ch. 5 Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1765 Ch. 6 The Duel for North America, 1608-1763

1. Freehold Society in New England Farm Families: Women an the Rural Household Economy Farm Prosperity: Inheritance The Crisis of Freehold Society 2. The Middle Atlantic: Toward a New Society, 1720-1765 Economic Growth and Social Inequality Cultural Diversity Religious Identity and Political Conflict 3. The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening, 1740-1765 The Enlightenment in America American Pietism and the Great Awakening Religious Upheaval in the North Social and Religious Conflict in the South 4. The Midcentury Challenge: War, Trade, and Social Conflict, 1750-1765 The French and Indian War Becomes a War for Empire The Great War for Empire British Industrial Growth and the Consumer Revolution The Struggle for Land in the East Western Uprisings and the Regulator Movements

1A: Farm Families: Women and the Rural Household Economy Puritan women were subordinate to their husbands Women had a dual of role of being a helpmate and rearing children, usually 6-7

1B: Farm Property: Inheritance Men strived to own enough property to provide an adequate inheritance for the children Inheritance led to the power to arrange marriages Women gave up their property when (re)married Whole towns of independent property owners emerged in New England

1C: The Crisis of Freehold Society High birthrates brought an inheritance crisis and ended arranged marriages Smaller families and more efficient farming partially offset the land crisis Community exchange preserved freehold system

2A: Economic Growth and Social Inequality Mid-Atlantic grew quickly and became diverse ½ of white farmers in mid Atlantic were landless By 1760s, many towns were crowded and divided

2B: Cultural Diversity Quakers, Germans, and Scots all settled in the Pennsylvanian and surrounding areas Most Ethnic groups resisted assimilation and held on to their culture and language

2C: Religious Identity and Political Conflict Strict marriage rules kept Quaker society intact Quaker tolerance and pacifism came under attack as they became a minority in PA Diversity in the mid-Atlantic caused ongoing tension

3A: The Enlightenment in America Reason replaced folk wisdom in the early 1700s Enlightenment ideas appealed to educated and affluent people, like Ben Franklin Deists viewed God as a “watchmaker”

3B: American Pietism and the Great Awakening Pietism stressed righteous behavior and appealed to the masses Jon. Edwards began a revival with his strong preaching Whitefield led huge camp meeting creating a “Great Awakening”

3C: Religious Upheaval in the North The Great Awakening was the first broad social movement in American history It split many “Old Light” churches and propelled the growth of newer denominations New colleges and a new sense of religious independence came about

3D: Social and Religious Conflict in the South Presbyterians and Baptists spread in the South Baptists became popular with small farmers and preached Christianity to slaves also Power of planters and role of women not changed

4A: The French and Indian War Becomes a War for Empire France and England both claimed western lands Colonial and British rejection of Franklin’s Albany Plan showed growing differences A Virginia militia led by Washington attacked a French fort the Ohio area leading to war

4B: The Great War for Empire The French & Indian War merges starts a worldwide war for empire, The Seven Years’ War France loses all its North American colonies The Proclamation of 1763 was issued after Pontiac’s rebellion, greatly angering the colonists

4C: British Industrial Growth and the Consumer Revolution Trade and industrialization made England powerful The middle colonies became world’s bread basket Transatlantic trade raised colonial living standards but also left Americans in debt and dependant

4D: The Struggle for Land in the East

4E: Western Uprisings and Regulator Movements Westward expansion and economic difficulties sparked disputes over Indian policy, political representation, and debts Regulators massacred 20 Indians in N. Carolina Regulator groups used force to protect farmers from foreclosure and demand political changes ( All ^ echoes of what ? )