EEG+Chapter+5

Type in the content of your page here. o Britain had 32 colonies in North America by 1775, but only thirteen rebelled. o 1700: Less than 300,000 people lived in the thirteen colonies, and 20,000 were African American. o 1755: 2.5 million colonists and about 1/5 were African American. o Ratio of English to American people moved from 20:1 to 3:1 between the 55 years. o Germans made up 6% of the population. § 1/3 of the people in Pennsylvania o Scots-Irish made up about 7% of the total population. o Britain dumped roughly 50,000 prisoners into the new world <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings;">§ <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Includes people who were thrown into prison for debt, rape, murder, and other convictions that were somewhat shaky. <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings;">§ <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Some became respectable citizens. <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Agriculture: 90% all Americans were involved. <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Trade Triangle was profitable <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings;">§ <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Rum to Africa for slaves. <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings;">§ <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Slaves to West Indies for molasses. <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings;">§ <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Molasses to colonies for rum. <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">British restricted lumber, especially for the ones in use for shipbuilding. <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Americans had to trade with foreign countries and colonies to make a profit with the slow growth in population for Britain. <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Molasses Act of 1733: prevented trade with the French West Indies of molasses and other products. <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Poor transportation plagued the colonies, but it allowed the spread of taverns to spread rumors, information, and news on and off the continent. <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Two tax-supported churches were established by 1775 (Anglican and Congregational), but all were disestablished by 1833. <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Religious freedom in the colonies sparked unrest with the people of Britain. <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Religion was less fervid in the early 18th century than the 17th century in the colonies. <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Jonathan Edward sparked the Great Awakening in the 1730’s through the 1740’s. <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">George Whitefield appealed to the “sinners” to grant forgiveness and aided in the revelation. <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Artists had to go to Europe for training. <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Science was making progress despite the superstitions that were around during the Great Awakening. <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Benjamin Franklin, with his numerous inventions and dangerous experiments, was one of the only first rate scientists of his time. <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">John Peter Zenger’s legal case of libel opened the door to freedom of the press that we experience today. <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Government consisted of two parts: <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings;">§ <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Upper house: controlled by royal governor <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings;">§ <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Lower house: controlled by the colonists and landowners. <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Lotteries were used to raise money all around the colonies. <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">All colonies had self-government, but not a single one was anywhere near the democracy we have today. <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Religious lectures were preferred to acting and plays. <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Although similar in life styles, colonists were diverse, making way for the famed “melting pot” of America. <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Smallpox inoculation was invented in 1721.