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1 Colonial Families

2 Chesapeake

3 Women marrying younger

4 Chesapeake Women marrying younger Having more children

5 Chesapeake Women marrying younger Having more children Raising larger families

6 Chesapeake Women marrying younger Having more children Raising larger families Men and women living longer

7 Chesapeake Women marrying younger Having more children Raising larger families Men and women living longer Cities emerging

8 Chesapeake Women marrying younger Having more children Raising larger families Men and women living longer Cities emerging New towns in hinterlands

9 Chesapeake Women marrying younger Having more children Raising larger families Men and women living longer Cities emerging New towns in hinterlands Colonial aristocracy emerging

10 Chesapeake Women marrying younger Having more children Raising larger families Men and women living longer Cities emerging New towns in hinterlands Colonial aristocracy emerging Settlements moving to new frontier

11 1.Life expectancy lower than northeast

12 2.More arable land

13 1.Life expectancy lower than northeast 2.More arable land  All sons inherited land

14 1.Life expectancy lower than northeast 2.More arable land  All sons inherited land  Wealthy planter elite

15 1.Life expectancy lower than northeast 2.More arable land  All sons inherited land  Wealthy planter elite  Intermarriage encouraged

16 1.Life expectancy lower than northeast 2.More arable land 3.Built great estates

17 Mount Vernon

18 Monticello

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20 Family Life of the Gentry

21 a)Emotional displays discouraged

22 b)Mask emotions

23 a)Emotional displays discouraged b)Mask emotions c)Public emotions avoided

24 a)Emotional displays discouraged b)Mask emotions c)Public emotions avoided d) family quarrels common

25 a)Emotional displays discouraged b)Mask emotions c)Public emotions avoided d) family quarrels common e)Sexual indiscretion

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27 Society more native born

28 Choose marriage partners

29 Society more native born Choose marriage partners Focus on immediate family

30 Society more native born Choose marriage partners Focus on immediate family Family affection- mothers

31 Puritans

32 Within 40 years…..

33 Families disintegrating

34 Within 40 years….. Families disintegrating Parents irresponsible

35 Within 40 years….. Families disintegrating Parents irresponsible Kids loosing respect for authority

36 Jeremiads

37 declension

38 a)Rapid population growth

39 b)More land

40 a)Rapid population growth b)More land c)Shortage of labor

41 1.Diminished parental control

42 2.Different family patterns across social classes

43 1.Diminished parental control 2.Different family patterns across social classes 3.New concept of childhood

44 1.Land less important

45 2.Less land

46 1.Land less important 2.Less land 3.Subdivided land

47 1.Land less important 2.Less land 3.Subdivided land 4.Primogeniture

48 1.Land less important 2.Less land 3.Subdivided land 4.Primogeniture 5.People moved

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50 17 th C >10% Illegitimacy rates

51 17 th C >10% Illegitimacy rates <40% After period of decline

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53 Children

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59 Parental authority declined

60 Parental emotions changed

61 Parental authority declined Parental emotions changed Respect and love

62 Parental authority declined Parental emotions changed Respect and love Informal address

63 Cities

64 Almshouses

65 Cities Almshouses Schools

66 Cities Almshouses Schools Workshops

67 Native Americans

68 Algonquians Iroquois Muskegon

69 850,000- 2 million

70 240 tribes

71 Woodland Indians

72 Iroquois

73 Communal housing

74 Men separated

75 Communal housing Men separated Premarital sex

76 Communal housing Men separated Premarital sex Polygamy

77 Communal housing Men separated Premarital sex Polygamy Kinship ties

78 Kinship

79 Patrilineal

80 Kinship Patrilineal Matrilineal

81 Kinship Patrilineal Matrilineal Siblings and cousins

82 Families

83 High infant and child mortality

84 Families High infant and child mortality Nursed for 2 or more years

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90 First contact

91 Population decline

92 First contact Population decline  Old-world diseases

93 First contact Population decline  Old-world diseases  1670s only 10% survived

94 First contact Population decline  Old-world diseases  1670s only 10% survived  50 tribes extinct

95 First contact Population decline European technology

96 First contact Population decline European technology  Horses  Firearms  Metal knives

97 First contact Population decline European technology Disrupted kinship patterns

98 Handsome Lake


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