1. Culture and Society
Section 3

2. A. Life in the Colonies
Most colonists were farmers and their families worked on the farm or within the house.

3. Colonial Families

4. Colonial Families

5. Colonial Life
Women were allowed to attend church, but could not vote. They were under the authority of their husbands.
Young men were often apprenticed off to learn skills, while young women often worked in wealthy households.

6. Colonial Women

7. Colonial Apprentices

8. B. American Beliefs
The Great Awakening of the mid-1700’s was an attempt to return America to more religious and faithful living.

9. Jonathan Edwards / George Whitefield

10. Colonial Education
Religion, education, and the arts helped create American culture.

11. Colonial Education Most instruction was based on the Bible.
Education became very important, with a law passed in New England ensuring that a school was to be built for every 50 families in an area.
Most instruction was based on the Bible.

12. Harvard University
In 1636, Harvard University becomes the first college in the colonies followed by William and Mary College in Harvard was a seminary.

13. Age of Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment focused on knowledge, reason, and science to improve colonial life. Benjamin Franklin is the most well known American believer.

14. Benjamin Franklin