CHAPTER 4 SECTION 5 LIFE IN THE COLONIES

CLASS DIFFERENCES EXISTED IN COLONIAL SOCIETY A PERSON’S BIRTH AND WEALTH DETERMINED SOCIAL STATUS GENTRY/MIDDLE CLASS- GENTRY WAS THE TOP OF SOCIETY INCLUDED WEALTHY PLANTERS, MERCHANTS,MINISTERS, ROYAL OFFICIALS

WHEN TERM OF SERVICE WAS OVER MIDDLE CLASS INCLUDED FARMERS, SKILLED CRAFTSWORKERS AND SOME TRADESPEOPLE THE LOWEST SOCIAL CLASS INCLUDED FARMHANDS, INDENTURED SERVANTS AND SLAVES INDENTURED SERVANTS SIGNED CONTRACTS TO WORK WITHOUT WAGES TO ANYONE WHO WOULD PAY FOR THEIR PASSAGE OVER WHEN TERM OF SERVICE WAS OVER MIDDLE CLASS INCLUDED FARMERS, SKILLED CRAFTSWORKERS AND SOME TRADESPEOPLE THE LOWEST SOCIAL CLASS INCLUDED FARMHANDS, INDENTURED SERVANTS AND SLAVES

WHEN TERM OF SERVICE WAS OVER- RECEIVED FREEDOM DUES SET OF CLOTHES, TOOLS, AND 50 ACRES OF LAND FEMALE INDENTURED SERVANTS SHORTENED TERMS BY MARRYING AFTER COMPLETING TERMS, MANY INDENTURED JOINED THE MIDDLE CLASS WOMEN’S WORK CONSISTED OF HOUSEHOLD TASKS AND FARMING IN CITIES, SOME WOMEN WORKED OUTSIDE THE HOME SOME WOMEN TOOK OVER HUSBAND’S BUSINESS AFTER HE DIED. WHEN TERM OF SERVICE WAS OVER- RECEIVED FREEDOM DUES SET OF CLOTHES, TOOLS, AND 50 ACRES OF LAND FEMALE INDENTURED SERVANTS SHORTENED TERMS BY MARRYING AFTER COMPLETING TERMS, MANY INDENTURED JOINED THE MIDDLE CLASS

IN THE COLONIES, THE CULTURE OF AFRICANS VARIED IN SOME COLONIES- IT WAS STRONG, IN OTHERS NONEXISTENT GULLAH- A COMBINATION OF WEST AFRICAN LANGUAGES AND ENGLISH IN SOUTH CAROLINA- AFRICANS WORKED ON TH DOCKS, BUT MOST WERE ENSLAVED SOME DID OPEN SHOPS- AND USED EARNINGS TO BUY FAMILY’S FREEDOM IN VA AND MD- AFRICANS WERE LESS ISOLATED FROM PLANTERS MANY AFRICAN CUSTOMS SURVIVED THE MIDDLE PASSAGE IN THE MIDDLE COLONIES AND NEW ENGLAND COLONIES- THE AFRICAN POP CONTINUED TO GROW. IN THE COLONIES, THE CULTURE OF AFRICANS VARIED IN SOME COLONIES- IT WAS STRONG, IN OTHERS NONEXISTENT GULLAH- A COMBINATION OF WEST AFRICAN LANGUAGES AND ENGLISH IN SOUTH CAROLINA- AFRICANS WORKED ON TH DOCKS, BUT MOST WERE ENSLAVED SOME DID OPEN SHOPS- AND USED EARNINGS TO BUY FAMILY’S FREEDOM IN VA AND MD- AFRICANS WERE LESS ISOLATED FROM PLANTERS MANY AFRICAN CUSTOMS SURVIVED THE MIDDLE PASSAGE IN THE MIDDLE COLONIES AND NEW ENGLAND COLONIES- THE AFRICAN POP CONTINUED TO GROW.

THE GREAT AWAKENING RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT OF 1730’S-40’S PREACHERS LIKE EDWARDS CALLED ON PEOPLE TO REEXAMINE THEIR LIVES AND RELIGIOUS COMMITMENT PEOPLE FELT THEY FORGOT THEIR RELIGION IN THEIR ZEAL FOR ECONOMIC PURSUITS IMPACT- SPREAD DEMOCRATIC FEELINGS IN THE COLONIES- WOULD LEAD COLONISTS TOO CHALLENGE BRIT AUT.

EDUCATION IN COLONIES NEW ENGLAND- MASS SET UP PUBLIC SCHOOLS SUPP BY TAXES- BOTH RICH AND POOR COULD RECEIVE EDUCATION MIDDLE/SOUTHERN- CHURCHES AND FAMILIES WOULD SET UP PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUPILS HAD TO PAY- SO ONLY WEALTHY KIDS COULD AFFORD SCHOOL SOUTHERN- SOME KIDS HAD PRIVATE TUTORS- SOME SENT KIDS ABROAD.

THE APPRENTICE WENT TO LIVE WITH THE MASTER UNTIL HE BECAME A MASTER APPRENTICESHIP- AN APPRENTICE WORKED FOR A MASTER TO LEARN A TRADE OR A CRAFT THE APPRENTICE WENT TO LIVE WITH THE MASTER UNTIL HE BECAME A MASTER DAME SCHOOLS- PRIVATE SCHOOLS RUN BY WOMEN TO EDUCATE GIRLS ON SKILLS LIKE SEWING AND COOKING THE ENLIGHTENMENT- A MOVEMENT THAT STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN REASON IT SPREAD AMONG THE WELL EDUCATE COLONISTS BEN FRANKLIN WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT SPIRIT APPRENTICESHIP- AN APPRENTICE WORKED FOR A MASTER TO LEARN A TRADE OR A CRAFT THE APPRENTICE WENT TO LIVE WITH THE MASTER UNTIL HE BECAME A MASTER DAME SCHOOLS- PRIVATE SCHOOLS RUN BY WOMEN TO EDUCATE GIRLS ON SKILLS LIKE SEWING AND COOKING THE ENLIGHTENMENT- A MOVEMENT THAT STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN REASON IT SPREAD AMONG THE WELL EDUCATE COLONISTS BEN FRANKLIN WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT SPIRIT

SOME MAJOR COLONIAL CITIES OF THE TIME WERE BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK AND CHARLESTON JP ZENGER TRIAL-ARRESTED FOR CRITICIZING GOVERNOR THE JURY FREED ZENGER SAYING HE DID NOT COMMIT LIBEL FREEDOM OF THE PRESS WOULD BE RECOGNIZED AS A BASIC AM RIGHT.