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1 Bell ringer activity Draw a picture that represents mercantism

2 Freehold Society

3 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

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

5 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

6 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


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