Transcript Colonial Society in the Mid
COLONIAL SOCIETY IN THE MID-EIGHTEENTH CENTURY Presentation by: Jennifer Pekarthy For 8 th grade US History: Unit Lesson on Colonial America
Population Growth
Urban Population Growth
Implications of Population Growth English settlement creeps westward True cities begin to develop First generations of true Americans emerge Classification as Englishmen is questionable Unique culture begins to take flight
Eighteenth Century Architecture
Eighteenth Century Architecture
Inside the Home
Social Structure-Family Large male-female ratio Almost all women married by 20 Women bore 8 children (5 likely didn’t survive childhood)
Economy South Tobacco dominates Plantations frequently have over a dozen slaves SC and GA grow rice (requires heavy labor=more slaves required) Less industrialized than the North
Southern Plantation
Economy North Less fertile ground (=no cash crops) results in more commercial activity Self-sufficient farming develops Iron-working, weaving, fishing, printing, lumbering, etc…
Iron-working in the 1700s
Map of Colonial America 1689 – 1783
Life in the Cities New York and Philadelphia were the largest Tiny by modern standards Marketplace for regional farmers Distribution of income varied greatly Led culturally and in education
Additional Resources For more information on the people; places; and events of Colonial America, go to the Early American Digital Library at: http://www.earlyamericanimages.com