Colonial Society, Education, The Great Awakening, & The Zenger Trial

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Colonial Society, Education, The Great Awakening, & The Zenger Trial Life in the Colonies Colonial Society, Education, The Great Awakening, & The Zenger Trial

Colonial Society Gentry: Top of society. Included wealthy planters, merchants, ministers, lawyers, and royal officials. Middle Class: Below the gentry. Included farmers, skilled crafts-workers, some trades people. Nearly three quarters of all colonists belonged to the middle class.

Colonial Society Indentured Servants: The lowest social class included farmhands, indentured servants, and slaves Indentured servants signed contracts to work without wages for a period of four to seven years for anyone who would pay their ocean passage to the Americas. When their service was complete, they would receive freedom dues: a set of clothes, tools, and 50 acres of land.

Colonial Society Women in the Colonies Taking care of household, husband, and family Cooking, milking cows, watching the children, making clothing Backcountry: worked along with their husband out in the fields, killing livestock, etc. Cities: maids, cooks, nurses, midwives, seamstresses Some were even butchers, shoemakers, silversmiths, and printers

The Great Awakening A religious movement in the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s. Jonathan Edwards In powerful sermons, he called on colonists to examine their lives. Preached of the “sweetness and beauty of God” Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

The Great Awakening Impact of the Great Awakening: People who supported the movement often broke away from their own churches and formed new ones Forced colonists to become more tolerant of people with different religious beliefs Contributed to the spread of democratic feelings in the colonies People began to think differently about their political rights and their governments Figured that if they could figure out who to worship on their own, they could govern themselves too

Education in the Colonies New England colonists were the most concerned about education. Puritans taught that all people had a duty to study the bible. If they did not learn how to read, how could they fulfill this duty? In 1642, Massachusetts passed a law ordering all parents to teach their children to “read and understand the principles of religion.” All towns with 50 or more families had to hire a schoolteacher All towns with 100 or more families had to set up a school to prepare boys for college. Massachusetts – set up the first public schools

Education in the Colonies Middle and Southern Colonies: Private Schools Only wealthy families could afford to educate their children South – some hired tutors or sent their sons to school in England Slaves denied any kind of education

The Enlightenment During the 1600s, European scientists began to use reason and logic instead of superstition to understand the world. Theories and Experiments Enlightenment: Use of reason and scientific methods to be applied to the study of human society. John Locke: wrote works that were widely read in the colonies. Said people could gain knowledge of the world by observing and experimenting The Enlightenment spread better among educated colonists.

Benjamin Franklin The best example of the Enlightenment spirit Poor Richard’s Almanac Wanted to use reason to improve the world around him. Lightning rod Smokeless fireplace Bifocal glasses

Zenger Trial The growth of colonial newspapers led to a dispute over Freedom of the Press John Peter Zenger Published Weekly Journal in NYC Arrested in 1734 for publishing stories that criticized the governor and put on trial for libel. His lawyer argued that since the stories were true, his client had not committed libel. The jury agrees and he is freed. Freedom of the Press eventually becomes a basic American right.