Colonial Life and Society A

American Colonies at the End of the Seventeenth Century

Population: Rapid Growth

Population Growth

Estimated Total Population of New Spain, New France, and the British North American Colonies, 1700 – 1780

Population: Geographic Expansion Movement into the Backcountry, 1720–1760

Population: Ethnic & Racial Diversity

Population: Age Population Structure by Gender and Age: British Mainland Colonies, 1760s, and United States, 1980s

Societies & Economies

Religion: Diversity Tolerance?Tolerance? Great AwakeningGreat Awakening George WhitefieldGeorge Whitefield Religious Diversity in 1750

Education New EnglandNew England “Old Satan Deluder” Act (1647)“Old Satan Deluder” Act (1647)

Economy Mercantilism – theory, purposeMercantilism – theory, purpose Navigation ActsNavigation Acts “triangular” trade“triangular” trade Smuggling – quality of royal officialsSmuggling – quality of royal officials

The Rise of the American Merchant, 1750

Value of Colonial Exports by Region, Annual Average, 1768 – 1772

Colonial Products in the Mid-1700s

Government: Britain & Its Colonies Tradition of Lax RuleTradition of Lax Rule –English Civil War –Glorious Revolution - triumph of Parliament –George I and II reliance on Parliament –“Whigs” Salutary NeglectSalutary Neglect Colonial tradition of self-ruleColonial tradition of self-rule –Colonial assemblies - powers –Weakness of governors

Government and religion in the British Colonies, 1720

Eighteenth century merchants conducting business in a coffeehouse

Snake cartoon by Benjamin Franklin