Chapter+5+Notes

Chapter 5 Notes 1600s 1693 William and Mary College 1700s 1701 Yale 1721 smallpox introduced 1734 Poor Richards almanac 1734 Great Awakening 1734-35 Zenger free trial 1738 George Whitefield in the Great Awakening 1746 Princeton 1760 SC antislavery vetoed 1764 Brown 1766 Rutgers College 1768-71 protests 1769 Dartmouth 13 colonies was actually 32 1775 2.5 million population VA had the highest population English 49% African 19% Scottish 7% German 7% Scot-Irish 5% Irish% 3% Dutch 3% other 9% Most Americans were farmers The social ladder was easily climbed Less poverty in America then England Farm sizes shrunk with population Indentured servants raised poverty numbers Clergy influence became decreased Smallpox was the worst epidemic Agriculture was the top industry Triangular trade 1775 Congregationalists was top religion 1730s the Great Awakening Education was mainly for boys Harvard was the first school in 1636 Architecture was important No bathtubs America= patchwork quilt