colonial society in the mid-eighteenth century presentation by: jennifer pekarthy for 8 th grade us...
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COLONIAL SOCIETY IN THE MID-EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
Presentation by: Jennifer PekarthyFor 8th grade US History: Unit Lesson on Colonial America
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Population Growth
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Urban Population Growth
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Implications of Population Growth
English settlement creeps westward
True cities begin to develop First generations of true
Americans emergeClassification as Englishmen is questionable
Unique culture begins to take flight
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Eighteenth Century Architecture
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Eighteenth Century Architecture
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Inside the Home
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Social Structure-Family
Large male-female ratioAlmost all women married
by 20Women bore 8 children (5
likely didn’t survive childhood)
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Economy South
Tobacco dominatesPlantations frequently have over a dozen slaves
SC and GA grow rice (requires heavy labor=more slaves required)
Less industrialized than the North
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Southern Plantation
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EconomyNorth
Less fertile ground (=no cash crops) results in more commercial activity
Self-sufficient farming develops
Iron-working, weaving, fishing, printing, lumbering, etc…
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Iron-working in the 1700s
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Map of Colonial America1689 – 1783
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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
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Additional Resources
For more information on the people; places; and events of Colonial America, go to the
Early American Digital Library at: http://www.earlyamericanimages.com