1. CHAPTER 4 SECTION 5
LIFE IN THE COLONIES

2. CLASS DIFFERENCES EXISTED IN COLONIAL SOCIETY
A PERSON’S BIRTH AND WEALTH DETERMINED SOCIAL STATUS
GENTRY/MIDDLE CLASS- GENTRY WAS THE TOP OF SOCIETY
INCLUDED WEALTHY PLANTERS, MERCHANTS,MINISTERS, ROYAL OFFICIALS

3. WHEN TERM OF SERVICE WAS OVER
MIDDLE CLASS INCLUDED FARMERS, SKILLED CRAFTSWORKERS AND SOME TRADESPEOPLE
THE LOWEST SOCIAL CLASS INCLUDED FARMHANDS, INDENTURED SERVANTS AND SLAVES
INDENTURED SERVANTS SIGNED CONTRACTS TO WORK WITHOUT WAGES TO ANYONE WHO WOULD PAY FOR THEIR PASSAGE OVER
WHEN TERM OF SERVICE WAS OVER
MIDDLE CLASS INCLUDED FARMERS, SKILLED CRAFTSWORKERS AND SOME TRADESPEOPLE
THE LOWEST SOCIAL CLASS INCLUDED FARMHANDS, INDENTURED SERVANTS AND SLAVES

4. WHEN TERM OF SERVICE WAS OVER- RECEIVED FREEDOM DUES
SET OF CLOTHES, TOOLS, AND 50 ACRES OF LAND
FEMALE INDENTURED SERVANTS SHORTENED TERMS BY MARRYING
AFTER COMPLETING TERMS, MANY INDENTURED JOINED THE MIDDLE CLASS
WOMEN’S WORK CONSISTED OF HOUSEHOLD TASKS AND FARMING
IN CITIES, SOME WOMEN WORKED OUTSIDE THE HOME
SOME WOMEN TOOK OVER HUSBAND’S BUSINESS AFTER HE DIED.
WHEN TERM OF SERVICE WAS OVER- RECEIVED FREEDOM DUES
SET OF CLOTHES, TOOLS, AND 50 ACRES OF LAND
FEMALE INDENTURED SERVANTS SHORTENED TERMS BY MARRYING
AFTER COMPLETING TERMS, MANY INDENTURED JOINED THE MIDDLE CLASS

5. IN THE COLONIES, THE CULTURE OF AFRICANS VARIED
IN SOME COLONIES- IT WAS STRONG, IN OTHERS NONEXISTENT
GULLAH- A COMBINATION OF WEST AFRICAN LANGUAGES AND ENGLISH
IN SOUTH CAROLINA- AFRICANS WORKED ON TH DOCKS, BUT MOST WERE ENSLAVED
SOME DID OPEN SHOPS- AND USED EARNINGS TO BUY FAMILY’S FREEDOM
IN VA AND MD- AFRICANS WERE LESS ISOLATED FROM PLANTERS
MANY AFRICAN CUSTOMS SURVIVED THE MIDDLE PASSAGE
IN THE MIDDLE COLONIES AND NEW ENGLAND COLONIES- THE AFRICAN POP CONTINUED TO GROW.
IN THE COLONIES, THE CULTURE OF AFRICANS VARIED
IN SOME COLONIES- IT WAS STRONG, IN OTHERS NONEXISTENT
GULLAH- A COMBINATION OF WEST AFRICAN LANGUAGES AND ENGLISH
IN SOUTH CAROLINA- AFRICANS WORKED ON TH DOCKS, BUT MOST WERE ENSLAVED
SOME DID OPEN SHOPS- AND USED EARNINGS TO BUY FAMILY’S FREEDOM
IN VA AND MD- AFRICANS WERE LESS ISOLATED FROM PLANTERS
MANY AFRICAN CUSTOMS SURVIVED THE MIDDLE PASSAGE
IN THE MIDDLE COLONIES AND NEW ENGLAND COLONIES- THE AFRICAN POP CONTINUED TO GROW.

6. THE GREAT AWAKENING RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT OF 1730’S-40’S
PREACHERS LIKE EDWARDS CALLED ON PEOPLE TO REEXAMINE THEIR LIVES AND RELIGIOUS COMMITMENT
PEOPLE FELT THEY FORGOT THEIR RELIGION IN THEIR ZEAL FOR ECONOMIC PURSUITS
IMPACT- SPREAD DEMOCRATIC FEELINGS IN THE COLONIES- WOULD LEAD COLONISTS TOO CHALLENGE BRIT AUT.

7. EDUCATION IN COLONIES
NEW ENGLAND- MASS SET UP PUBLIC SCHOOLS SUPP BY TAXES- BOTH RICH AND POOR COULD RECEIVE EDUCATION
MIDDLE/SOUTHERN- CHURCHES AND FAMILIES WOULD SET UP PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PUPILS HAD TO PAY- SO ONLY WEALTHY KIDS COULD AFFORD SCHOOL
SOUTHERN- SOME KIDS HAD PRIVATE TUTORS- SOME SENT KIDS ABROAD.

8. THE APPRENTICE WENT TO LIVE WITH THE MASTER UNTIL HE BECAME A MASTER
APPRENTICESHIP- AN APPRENTICE WORKED FOR A MASTER TO LEARN A TRADE OR A CRAFT
THE APPRENTICE WENT TO LIVE WITH THE MASTER UNTIL HE BECAME A MASTER
DAME SCHOOLS- PRIVATE SCHOOLS RUN BY WOMEN TO EDUCATE GIRLS ON SKILLS LIKE SEWING AND COOKING
THE ENLIGHTENMENT- A MOVEMENT THAT STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN REASON
IT SPREAD AMONG THE WELL EDUCATE COLONISTS
BEN FRANKLIN WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT SPIRIT
APPRENTICESHIP- AN APPRENTICE WORKED FOR A MASTER TO LEARN A TRADE OR A CRAFT
THE APPRENTICE WENT TO LIVE WITH THE MASTER UNTIL HE BECAME A MASTER
DAME SCHOOLS- PRIVATE SCHOOLS RUN BY WOMEN TO EDUCATE GIRLS ON SKILLS LIKE SEWING AND COOKING
THE ENLIGHTENMENT- A MOVEMENT THAT STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN REASON
IT SPREAD AMONG THE WELL EDUCATE COLONISTS
BEN FRANKLIN WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT SPIRIT

9. SOME MAJOR COLONIAL CITIES OF THE TIME WERE BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK AND CHARLESTON
JP ZENGER TRIAL-ARRESTED FOR CRITICIZING GOVERNOR
THE JURY FREED ZENGER SAYING HE DID NOT COMMIT LIBEL
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS WOULD BE RECOGNIZED AS A BASIC AM RIGHT.