2.
I. Early 18th Century
II. Population Growth
American Culture
Still very British
Regions still autonomous
Natural reproduction
Immigration
III. City life
Urban centers by1785
Characteristics
Well-planned
3.
IV. Rural Life
Problems
Positive aspects
Families
Characteristics
V. Society
Class differences
Political & colonial elites
Dominated by wealthy
Voting high
Rise of colonial assemblies
4.
Women
Single
Married
Doctrine of coverture
Frontier
Widows
Black Americans
Population growth
Free blacks
Slaves
City life
Plantation life
Manumission
5.
Contributions
onesimus 1721
Papan 1729
Cesar 1751
Derham 1762
Banneker
VI. Economic Expansion
Mercantile System
Navigation acts
Colonial reaction
Results
VII. Transformation of the colonial character
6.
Enlightenment/ Age of reason
Rational approach
Human reasoning
Benevolence of God asserted
Great awakening
Religious movement
Revivalist
Old lights v. New lights
effects
7.
Enlightenment/ Age of reason
Rational approach
Human reasoning
Benevolence of God asserted
Great awakening
Religious movement
Revivalist
Old lights v. New lights
effects