1. Tysen Quaintance Professor Arguello
History 140 12-10-11
THEME 7 PART 1

2. THE ATLANTIC: TRADE
 With southern European trade
the Middle Colonies boomed.
 The New England colonies
however did not. The were
unable to create enough
agriculture for their growing
population let alone for trade.
 The economic growth could also
be attributed to the 3% annual
population increase.
 The American colonist had a
higher standard of living then
those in England. The colonist
ate better and as a result were
taller.
 Colonist also paid less than a
quarter of the taxes paid by
those in England.

3. THE ATLANTIC: POVERTY
 There were exceptions to
prosperity. I the 1760’s and
50’s there was poverty
especially in winter with out
shipping. Many unemployed
relied on “almshouse’s”
created by Cities for food.
 The number of people on
public relief in New York
increased by four times
between 1750 and 1775.
 The poverty stricken people
in the sea faring communities
were “orphans, widows and
cripples” from imperial war
and floods of immigrates.

4. AWAKENINGS: ESTABLISHMENTS
 Taylor claims that colonist
leaving England for religious
freedom is a Myth or at
leased an overstatement.
 While the Quakers were
perusing religious freedom
most of the colonial founders
believed in religious
uniformity.
 New England had the most
devout regions with the least
religious diversity.
 Beyond New England
ministers were few and far
between. Poor rodeos and
seasons restricted travel.

5. AWAKENINGS: GROWTH AND LIMITS
 Religion was big in the
colonies. 1500
congregations existed in
1750.
 Two-thirds of the colonial
adults were church goers.
 Congregationalists had the
most churches with 450,
followed by Anglicans with
450.
 Churches were also a place
for social gathers, a place
here proclamations and new
laws from government, and a
place to hold elections

6. THE GREAT PLAINS: VILLAGERS AND NOMADS
 The great plains has
intermittent high volumes of
rain creating seasonal creaks
and very little rivers.
 This leads to only few trees
near water sources and
drought resistant grass.
 This sustained 20million
buffalo in 1600.
 Many villages of Indians lived
I permanent sustained
villages fed by buffalo and
their crops.
 Others were nomadic but
relied almost entirely on
buffalo for food.

7. THE GREAT PLAINS: GENIZAROS
 In the Seventeenth century
the Spanish empire
commandeered the Pueblo
people of New Mexico.
 The Spanish lead the Pueblo
to raid and capture people
from Nomad tribes.
 Nomads often sought
revenge on both Pueblo and
Spanish.
 Ironically the Nomads also
sold the Spanish captured
slaves from the great plains.
 These slaves were known as
Genizaros and made up 10%
of New Mexican Society.