TP+Chapter+5

Chapter 5 1.Conquest bv the Cradle - 90% of people live in rural areas - 1775 Virginia most populated 2. A mingling of the Races - colonial America known as melting pot - different races brought new languages, culture, styles, and religion - Scots- Irish had a hard time finding land - fought with many people - good frontiersman - no group felt loyal to British crown (even though they found the people land) - south held 90% of slaves - Declaration of Independence signed in 1776 - the boundaries between races of people disappeared 3. The structure of Colonial Society - everyone had an opportunity to work (not slaves) - could be farmers - later in 1690-1700 social ranking was important because of the Revolution starting - families kept growing amount of land didn’t matter - not many poor people - poor people in 1750 wore letter P  - jail birds were shipped to the south to be slaves - equality for blacks was bad - some tried creating a policy that stopped slave trading but all was vetoed 4. Clerics, Physicians, and Jurists - 1765 first medical school, before physicians no training - epidemic were bad at the time - powdered dried toad was given to people with smallpox Judges were looked at as drinkers 5. Workday America -agriculture involved 90% of the people - tobacco and wheat was a big crop in 1759 - fishing was popular in New England - triangle trade was very profitable (rum, slaves, molasses) - women made clothes - lumbering most important activity - Americans made money by buying from foreign markets 6. Horsepower and Sail power - no form of transportation was found in pioneer colonies - roads were dirt and hard to travel on quickly - taverns were on sides of roads where people stopped to break and mingle, drink, and gamble - mail system started in mid 1700’s - postal service people read letters on the way to the towns 7. Dominant Denomination - some colonies shared an “established” religion - Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, and New York were Anglican - Anglican clerks let a lot go by and weren’t good at their jobs - congregational churches in certain colonies were taxed to help pay for the church - people could worship or not without getting in trouble with the law 8. The Great Awakening - ministers believed in good works in the 18th century then in predestination - Great Awakening started in Massachusetts in 1730’s and 40’s - complete dependence on God and salvation through good works - started by Jonathan Edwards 9. Schools and Colleges - education is only for aristocratic people and only males - main goal to make better Christians not citizens - wealthy people had tutors - focused on doctrine and dogma - 9 colleges created in colonial era 10. A provincial culture - John Trumbull was a famous colonial era artist - artist traveled abroad to find work and pay - architectures built red-brick Georgian style things in 1720’s - Benjamin Franklin wrote Poor Richard’s Almanac - 2nd wide read book everywhere then the bible -- Benjamin Franklin helped move scientists along by showing lighting produces electricity 11. Pioneer presses - 1744 books were not too popular until public libraries started opening up  - magnetic dispensary was made in 1790 by Franklin 12. The Great game of politics - 1775 all colonies had royal governors - the houses had branches that were voted by the people 13. Colonial Folkways  - ate well, house not heated, no running water or plumbing