HN+Chapter+5+Notes

Chapter 5: Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution · American colonies only small part of British holdings; revolted while others didn’t · The population exploded from 300,000 to 2.5 million in 75 years § Proportion of colonists to British shifted in Americans’ favor § Largest colonies: Virginia, Mass., Penn., NC, Mary. § 4 cities: Philadelphia, NYC, Boston, Charleston · Many foreign and ethnic groups comprised pop. § Germans, mostly Lutheran, settled largely in Pennsylvania; felt independent of British § <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Scots-Irish were Lowlanders who had been moved to Northern Ireland and left due to persecution from both Irish and British; mostly settled in Pennsylvania, but spread into Mary., Virginia, and Carolinas <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">¨ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Frontiersmen; disliked government <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Many other Europeans came to colonies <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Africans were second-largest group (to English) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">South had many slaves; New England not very diverse; middle colonies most ethnically diverse; outside NE, ½ population not English <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Ethnicities mixed through marriages, etc. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§  <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Americans all had mixed origins <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">In addition, African-Americans had mixed African tribal ethnicities <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Native American ethnicities also blended in  <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">With exception of slavery, American society fairly equal <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Large degree of social mobility <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">War and conflict led to more defined social classes (especially to merchants) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Far less poverty than in Europe <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">As time passed, less land and smaller farms available in New England <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">In South, divide between poor whites and propertied slaveholders <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Pop. included jayle birds, convicts that had been exiled to America <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Black slaves had almost no hope of improving position <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Ministers respected; doctors and lawyers less so <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§  <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Epidemics and disease common <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Majority of pop. involved w/ agriculture <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">South produced tobacco and wheat, middle colonies grain, and New England flour <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Colonies had high living standard <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Fishing also prominent in colonies <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Triangular trade- trading network between North America, Africa, and West Indies <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Manufacturing not as important as agri. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Lumber and naval supplies key <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Colonist sought to improve trade in foreign markets <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Britain took many imports but didn’t give many exports <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Exported to French West Indies, even after ban imposed by Parliament <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Roads terrible; transportation difficult <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Taverns, which were established on travel routes, were sites of gossip, politics, and other information <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Mail service founded mid-1700s; unreliable <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Two prominent, tax-supported Christian churches: Anglican and Congregational <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Church of England (Anglican) official religion of NC, SC, Georgia, Mary., Virginia, part of NY; British used to control colonists <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Congregational Church developed from Puritanism; official in most of NE <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§  <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Congregationalists supported revolution; Anglicans supported British <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Religious toleration in most areas <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Though religious fervor waned in early 18th c, the Great Awakening of 1730s and 40s reignited religious dedication <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Sparked by pastor Johnathan Edwards <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Also helped along by eloquent Brit George Whitfield; inspired preaching style <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Followers wanted emotion in religion <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Effects- split up denominations; separated young and old clergy; led to establishment of universities; was one of original American mass movements <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Puritans wanted followers to receive education (especially for males) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Many universities founded in NE  <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§  <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Dispersed south had little unified schooling <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">School discipline severe <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Originally, college prepped ministers <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Few patrons of arts in colleges <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Notable artists: John Trumbull, Charles Willson Peale, Benjamin West, John Singleton Coopley <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Architectural styles adapted from Europe <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Notable writers include Phyllis Wheatley and Ben Franklin (//Poor Richard’s Almanac//) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Science improving; Ben Franklin prominent <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Public libraries established to provide books to poor <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Several newspapers; later used to support revolution <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Zenger decision- first semblance of freedom of speech and press <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Newspapers could be critical toward officials and other powerful figures <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Colonies had a variety of govs: 8 w/ royal governors, 3 w/ proprietors who chose govs, 2 w/ self-governing charters and chosen govs <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Most had 2 house legislation <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Tension between legis. and royal govs <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Colonists coerced govs by withholding salary <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">In South, county gov; in NE town-meeting gov; in middle colonies, mixture of two <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">In 1775, qualifications concerning property and religion in order to vote <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Many w/ right didn’t use it <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Colonies more tolerant/democratic than Europe <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Americans had plenty of food, but lacked heating/cooling, plumbing/running water, adequate lighting, sewage disposal, etc. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§  <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Everyday tasks provided entertainment <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Gathered at weddings and funerals <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Colonists enjoyed sports, riding, dancing, and playacting <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Some pastimes were discouraged in religious areas <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Christmas discouraged, Thanksgiving approved <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Though separate, all colonies united