colonial society in the mid-eighteenth century presentation by: jennifer pekarthy for 8 th grade us...

COLONIAL SOCIETY IN THE MID-EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

Presentation by: Jennifer PekarthyFor 8th 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 emergeClassification 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 ratioAlmost all women married

by 20Women bore 8 children (5

likely didn’t survive childhood)

Economy South

Tobacco dominatesPlantations frequently have over a dozen slaves

SC and GA grow rice (requires heavy labor=more slaves required)

Less industrialized than the North

Southern Plantation

EconomyNorth

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 America1689 – 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