COLONIAL SOCIETY IN THE MID-EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

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COLONIAL SOCIETY IN THE MID-EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

Population Growth

Urban Population Growth

Implications of Population Growth English settlement creeps westward True cities begin to develop First generations of true Americans emerge Classification as Englishmen is questionable Unique culture begins to take flight

Eighteenth Century Architecture

Eighteenth Century Architecture

Inside the Home

Social Structure-Family Large male-female ratio Almost all women married by 20 Women bore 8 children (5 likely didn’t survive childhood)

Economy South Tobacco dominates Plantations frequently have over a dozen slaves SC and GA grow rice (requires heavy labor=more slaves required) Less industrialized than the North

Southern Plantation

Economy North Less fertile ground (=no cash crops) results in more commercial activity Self-sufficient farming develops Iron-working, weaving, fishing, printing, lumbering, etc…

Iron-working in the 1700s

Map of Colonial America 1689 – 1783

Life in the Cities New York and Philadelphia were the largest Tiny by modern standards Marketplace for regional farmers Distribution of income varied greatly Led culturally and in education

Additional Resources For more information on the people; places; and events of Colonial America, go to the Early American Digital Library at: http://www.earlyamericanimages.com