Bell ringer activity Draw a picture that represents mercantism

Freehold Society

Society in a nutshell More people Less land Less control over kids More premarital “relations” More babies Less arranged marriages Move west for more land Changed to high-yielding potatoes & Indian corn Move towards milk & meat/livestock Women subordinate role in the household- primarily mothers, inheritance & marriage Little currency so they relied on trade

Middle Atlantic Colonies Religious makeup Socts-Irish Presbyterians English & Welsh Quakers German Lutherans Moravians Dutch Reformed Protestants

Quaker PA Now slaves & more immigrants Leasing land Quakers became only 30% of the population Leasing land No melting pot = more like a salad bowl Scots-Irish challenged the pacifism toward the Indians “Valued English Law no more than a Turd”- Dutchman

Women- the exceptions Quakers German immigrants Women could talk in church as much as men German immigrants Women have the right to hold property & write wills