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 * Chapter 5 : Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolutiin**

__1. Conquest by the Cradle__ A. Populations of the colony i. 2.5 million people in the colony (1) 500,000 blacks (2.) 90 percent of the popultaion lived in rural areas

__2. Mingling of the Races__ A. Mnay cultures i. Lots of different ethnicities (1) 6% German (2) 7% Scots-Irish (3) 9% African (4) 49% English (5) 3% Irish (6) 3% Dutch (7) 9 % other

__3. Structure of colonial society__ A. classes i. no nobility ii. no pauperized underclass iii. skilled artisans iv. Some unskilled labor B. Land Distribution i. Most of the land was already taken (1) farms started to get smaller and smaller

__4.) Clerics, Physicians, and Jurists__ a.) Clergy i.) No power ii.) Prestigeous positions b.) Physicians i.) Poorly trained ii.) Not respected. c.) Plagues i.) Smallpox ii.) Diphtheria d.) Lawyers i.) Not favored ii.) Not used. iii.) Considered troublemakers

__5.) Workaday America__ a.) Agriculture i.) Tobacco ii.) Grain iii.) Flour b.) Fishing i.) Done in all colonies. ii.) Highly rewarding. c.) Triangular trade i.) Caribbean (1.) Food (2.) Forest products. ii.) Spanish and Portuguese (1.) Gold (2.) Wine (3.) Oranges iii.) America (1.) Industrial products from Spanish.

__6.) Horsepower and Sailpower__ a.) Deficient roads i.) Tree-strewn. ii.) Rickety bridges iii.) Carriage overturns iv.) Runaway horses b.) Boat travel i.) Cheap and pleasant ii.) Crowded c.) Taverns i.) Gossips ii.) Attractions (1.) Bowling (2.) Pool (3.) Bars (4.) Gambling Dominant Denominations a) Tax-supported churches i) Anglican (Church of England) ii) Congretional Church iii) worshippers = minority b) Church of England i) official faith of NY, GA, SC, VA, MD + England ii) prop of King's power (1) opposed by some iii) reputation=too worldly (1) short and less harsh (2) less scorn of anusements iv) College of William and Mary (1) 1963 (2) mission=train better clerics c) Congretoinal Church i) offspring of Puritan Church ii)oficial of New England minus RI iii) taxation in MA (1) members of known denominations later exemopt iv) Presbyterianism (1) like congretional (2) never official d) Politics in Pulpit on Eve of Revolution i) trinity of revolution (1) Presbyterianism (2) Congretionalism (3) rebellion ii) Anglican Clergymen against e) Lack Anglican Resident bishop i) must go to England to be ordained ii) want to make American Bishopric (1) opposed by non-Anglicans f) Religious Tolerance i) few Roman Catholics (1) uneforced Anti-papist laws The Great Awakening a) Weakened Religious Fervor i) Puritan decline (1) modify ideals for membership (2) long sermons ii) Churchgoers (1) too long sermons iii) challenges predestination (1) liberalism (2) Jacob Armenius theology (a) free will=fate b) Great Awakening i) 1730s + 1740s ii) began by Jonathan Edwards (1) Northampton, MA (2) need for total dependence on God c) George Whitefield i) different form of evangelical preaching (1) full of emotion ii) message (1) human helplessness (2) divine omnipotence iii) conversion professed by many (1) groans, shrieks, rolling of saved iv) influences imitators d) Public opinion i) Orthodox clergymen (1) skeptics of revitalist style ii) Revitalists (1) praise Awakening changes iii) Congretionalists and Presbyterianism disaree e) legacy i) undermine older clergy ii) increase churches + competition iii) missionary work ` (1) native American (2) slaves iv) revitalist higher learning centers (1) Princeton (2) Dartmouth v) first big American movement (1) broke denominational boundaries