1. American Pageant ( 16th Edition )
Ch. 5
Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution,
Ch. 6
The Duel for North America,

2. 1. Freehold Society in New England
Farm Families: Women an the Rural Household Economy
Farm Prosperity: Inheritance
The Crisis of Freehold Society
2. The Middle Atlantic: Toward a New Society,
Economic Growth and Social Inequality
Cultural Diversity
Religious Identity and Political Conflict
3. The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening,
The Enlightenment in America
American Pietism and the Great Awakening
Religious Upheaval in the North
Social and Religious Conflict in the South
4. The Midcentury Challenge: War, Trade, and Social Conflict,
The French and Indian War Becomes a War for Empire
The Great War for Empire
British Industrial Growth and the Consumer Revolution
The Struggle for Land in the East
Western Uprisings and the Regulator Movements

3. 1A: Farm Families: Women and the Rural Household Economy
Puritan women were subordinate to their husbands
Women had a dual of role of being a helpmate and rearing children, usually 6-7

4. 1B: Farm Property: Inheritance
Men strived to own enough property to provide an adequate inheritance for the children
Inheritance led to the power to arrange marriages
Women gave up their property when (re)married
Whole towns of independent property owners emerged in New England

5. 1C: The Crisis of Freehold Society
High birthrates brought an inheritance crisis and ended arranged marriages
Smaller families and more efficient farming partially offset the land crisis
Community exchange preserved freehold system

6. 2A: Economic Growth and Social Inequality
Mid-Atlantic grew quickly and became diverse
½ of white farmers in mid Atlantic were landless
By 1760s, many towns were crowded and divided

7. 2B: Cultural Diversity
Quakers, Germans, and Scots all settled in the Pennsylvanian and surrounding areas
Most Ethnic groups resisted assimilation and held on to their culture and language

8. 2C: Religious Identity and Political Conflict
Strict marriage rules kept Quaker society intact
Quaker tolerance and pacifism came under attack as they became a minority in PA
Diversity in the mid-Atlantic caused ongoing tension

9. 3A: The Enlightenment in America
Reason replaced folk wisdom in the early 1700s
Enlightenment ideas appealed to educated and affluent people, like Ben Franklin
Deists viewed God as a “watchmaker”

10. 3B: American Pietism and the Great Awakening
Pietism stressed righteous behavior and appealed to the masses
Jon. Edwards began a revival with his strong preaching
Whitefield led huge camp meeting creating a “Great Awakening”

11. 3C: Religious Upheaval in the North
The Great Awakening was the first broad social movement in American history
It split many “Old Light” churches and propelled the growth of newer denominations
New colleges and a new sense of religious independence came about

12. 3D: Social and Religious Conflict in the South
Presbyterians and Baptists spread in the South
Baptists became popular with small farmers and preached Christianity to slaves also
Power of planters and role of women not changed

13. 4A: The French and Indian War Becomes a War for Empire
France and England both claimed western lands
Colonial and British rejection of Franklin’s Albany Plan showed growing differences
A Virginia militia led by Washington attacked a French fort the Ohio area leading to war

14. 4B: The Great War for Empire
The French & Indian War merges starts a worldwide war for empire, The Seven Years’ War
France loses all its North American colonies
The Proclamation of 1763 was issued after Pontiac’s rebellion, greatly angering the colonists

15. 4C: British Industrial Growth and the Consumer Revolution
Trade and industrialization made England powerful
The middle colonies became world’s bread basket
Transatlantic trade raised colonial living standards but also left Americans in debt and dependant

16. 4D: The Struggle for Land in the East

17. 4E: Western Uprisings and Regulator Movements
Westward expansion and economic difficulties sparked disputes over Indian policy, political representation, and debts
Regulators massacred 20 Indians in N. Carolina
Regulator groups used force to protect farmers from foreclosure and demand political changes
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