1. COLONIAL SOCIETY IN THE MID-EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

2. Population Growth

3. Urban Population Growth

4. 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

5. Eighteenth Century Architecture

6. Eighteenth Century Architecture

7. Inside the Home

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

9. 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

10. Southern Plantation

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

12. Iron-working in the 1700s

13. Map of Colonial America 1689 – 1783

14. 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

15. Additional Resources
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