LS.Chapter+5

Chapter 5: Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution A. Conquest by the Cradle I. 13 Colonies contained fewer than 300,000 in 1700  a. 20,000 were black II. 1775; 2.5 Million people a. 50,000 were black III. Doubling numbers ever 25 years I. Virginia, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Maryland were the most populated B. A Mingling of the Races I. Germans- 6% (150,000) II. Scott- Irish- 7% (175,000) a. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Patron Boys led armed march in 1764 protesting Quakers <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">III. 5% multi- colored colonials <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msolist: Ignore;">a. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">French welsh Dutch Swedes Jews Irish Swiss Scott-highlanders <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">IV. African-200% <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msolist: Ignore;">a. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Concentrated in the South <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msolist: Ignore;">C. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The Structure of Colonial Society <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">I. The plagues of war in the 1690s and 1700s left many widows and orphans depending on charity <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> a. Philadelphia and Ney York built them alm houses in the 1730s to care for them <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">D. Clerks Physicians and Jurists <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> I. Ministry was the most honored profession <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> II. Most doctors were poorly trained <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msolist: Ignore;">a. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1765- first med school establishment <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">III. Jurists and Lawyers were frowned upon <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">E. Workday America <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> I. Agriculture <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> a. Leading industry <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> b. Tobacco and flour <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> II. Fishing (And Whaling) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> III. Rum <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin;"> I.  Manufacturing <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin;"> II. Lumbering Naval stores <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin;"> A.  The Great Game of Politics I. 8/13 Colonies had royal governors selected by the king II. 3/13 proprietors who chose governors III. 2/13- elected their own governors <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin;"> B.  Colonial Folkways I. Plenty of food II. No basic comforts