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1) **__Conquest by Cradle__** A) great population growth >> i) Blacks made up almost as much of population as whites >> B) Most lived in rural areas

2) **__A Mingling of Races__** A) 13 colonies started becoming multiracial >> i) English = 49% >> ii) African = 19% >> iii) Scottish = 7% >> iv) German = 7% >>> 1) Fleed prosecution >>> 2) Mainly lived in Penn. >> v) Scots-Irish = 5% >> vi) Irish = 3% >> vii) Dutch = 3% >> viii) Other European = 9%

3) **__The Structure of colonial society__** A) Europeanism >> i) Merchants traded with Europe and became wealthy B) Farm crisis >> i) More people meant less farmland for each person >> ii) Young kids hired for help C) Hierarchy >> i) Merchants >> ii) Farmers >> iii) Indentured servants >> iv) Black slaves

4) __**Clerics, Physicians, and Jurists**__ A) Christian minister = most honored job B) Many physicians poorly trained C) Epidemics >> i) Smallpox >> ii) Diphtheria

A) Agriculture >> i) Farmers could grow almost anything >> ii) Maryland and Virginia used tobacco as "staple crop" B) Fishing >> i) Mostly New England >> ii) Not as beneficial as agriculture C) Triangular Trade >> i) England Trade >>> 1) Tobacco >>> 2) Fish >>> 3) Lumber >>> 4) Flour >> ii) African Trades >>> 1) Slaves >>> 2) Rum >> iii) West Indies Trades >>> 1)Sugar >>> 2) Molasses >>> 3) Timber >>> 4) Food D) Manufacturing >> i) Lumber >> ii) Not very popular E) Molasses Act >> i) 1733
 * __5) Workaday America__**

A) Transportation >> i) Normally by foot >> ii) Horses and boat used often >> iii) 1st mail service B) Driving Dangers >> i) Trees in roads >> ii) Rickety bridges >> iii) Carriage overturns >> iv) Runaway horses C) Taverns >> i) Place of social gathering
 * __6) Horsepower and Sailpower__**

__**7) Dominent Denominations**__ A) Tax-supported churches >> i) Anglican >>> 1) Similar to church of England >> ii) Congressional >>> 1) Similar to Puritans

A) Johnathan Edwards >> i) From Massachusetts >> ii) Started great awakenings through sermons B) Outrageous sermons >> i) Sermons were over exaggerated and often used to get money C) "New Light" >> i) New light preachers liked the awakening D) Religious revival >> i) 1730's-1740's - started in Massachusetts
 * __8) The Great Awakening__**

A) New England >> i) Popular for religious reasons >> ii) Mainly for boys B) Southern Schools >> i) Usually tax-supported elementary schools C) College >> i) In New England >> ii) Curriculum towards theology and dead language
 * __9) Schools and Colleges__**

A) Art and literature= British taste >> i) Phillis Wheatley - slave girl who wrote poetry at age 8 B) Architecture modified from England C) Science made advancements >> i) Ben Franklin - kite (electricity), Franklin stove and bifocal spectacles
 * __10) A Provincial Culture__**

A) Ben Franklin established first library in America >> i) Printing press cranked out books and newspapers >> ii) Zenger Decision - freedom of speech evolving
 * __11) Pioneer Presses__**

__**12) The Great Game of Politics**__ A) Government >> i) 1775 - 8 colonies had king-appointed governors >> ii) Most colonies had 2 houses of government >> iii) Most politicians were corrupt B) New Rights >> i) Taxation with representation >> ii) Voting limited to white land owners

A) No Modern Conveniences >> i) No heated churches >> ii) No running water >> iii) No running water >> iv) No garbage disposal B) Entertainment >> i) House risings >> ii) Quilting bees >> iii) Husking bees >> iv) Apple pairings C) Lotteries >> i) Approved by clergy D) Life >> i) vast amount of food >> ii) billiards
 * __13) Colonial Folkways__**