18 th Century Colonial Culture Mr. Bach Accelerated United States History

Colonial Demography Religious Groups –Puritans, Anglicans, Catholics, Jews, Other Protestants Ethnic Groups –English, Africans, Native Americans, Germans, Dutch, Scotch-Irish Highly-Diverse and Dynamic –Gottlieb Mittelberger on Pennsylvania

Class Identification Upper Classes Large Landowners, Civic Merchants, Civic Traders, Independent Farmers Middle-Classes Civic Artisans, Owners of Small Farms Lower-Classes Indentured Servants, Squatters, African Slaves, Tenant Farmers

Differences from England Unlike England, there is NOT an established system of Lords and Commons, or is there.... Governor – appointed by king or by upper-house of colonial assembly (King?) Upper-House of Colonial Assembly – elected by freemen or appointed by king (Lords?) Lower-House of Colonial Assembly – elected by freemen (Commons?)

How to Distinguish a Lord from a Commoner? Upper-Class –Genteel Culture, Education, Enlightenment, “Empire of Goods,” Seating in Church, Tea- Drinking Middle-Class –Aspirations to attain the life of the Upper- Class Lower-Class –Uneducated, Oral-Culture, Think Locally, Disenfranchised

“American” Legacy American Consumerism