Land, Rights, and Wealth

Chap 5 Sec 1

Notes

Early American Culture

Land, Rights, and Wealth

• ______, many resources give colonists chance to prosper

• Property owners, landowners, ______who pay fee could vote

• American colonies have three classes:

- ______—large landowners

- middle rank—______

- ______—servants, slaves, hired workers

• Colonial women hold the same rank as their husbands or fathers

Women and the Economy

• Enslaved ______help raise cash crops

• Most white women are farm wives: do housework, ______, animals

• Also work in fields, ______with neighbors for goods and services

• ______in towns do housework, some run inns, businesses

• Women could not vote, ______, or hold office

• Women could not own property without ______permission

Young People at Work

• Colonial families often ______; more children means more workers

• At age 6, boys are “______-,” help father at work

• At age 11, boys often become apprentices—______

• Work free 4-7 years; ______, training; then work for wages

• Girls rarely apprenticed, learn household skills from mother

• At age ___ or ___, often sent to households to learn specialized skills

Colonial Schooling

• Most children are taught to read to understand ______

• Only children from rich families learn ______, ______

• Poor children learn reading from mother or “______”

• Textbooks emphasize religion

• ______has high literacy rate

• Educated African Americans rare; illegal to teach enslaved to read

Newspapers and Books

• Many ______appear in colonial America

• Most books come from England; gradually colonists publish own books

• ______, regional histories, personal stories are popular

• Captivity narratives popular, about colonists captured by Native Americans

The Great Awakening

• Many colonists lose ______; religion seems dry, distant

• In 1730s, 1740s, the ______religious movement is influential:

- emphasizes inner religious emotion

- deemphasizes outward religious behavior

• ______is a popular preacher involved with Great Awakening

Continued The Great Awakening

• Great Awakening changes colonial culture:

- congregations argue about religious practices, ______

- many join other ______groups

- some groups welcome ______

- some groups welcome African Americans, ______

• Inspires ______; sermons raise money for home for orphans

• Great Awakening encourages equality, right to challenge authority

The Enlightenment

• The ______emphasizes knowledge through reason, science

• Benjamin Franklin is ______

• Enlightenment begins in Europe; scientists discover natural laws

Continued The Enlightenment

• English philosopher ______says people have natural rights:

- rights to life, ______, property

- natural rights protected by ______

- if government fails, ______

• Ideas about natural rights, government influence Europe, colonies