1. Growth in the Colonies
Students will identify contributing factors for the growth in the British colonies during the 18th century.

2. Colonial America Grows
18th century saw high birth rates – average of 7 children
From population in the colonies rose from 25,000 to more than 250,000
In the 1700s, population doubled every 25 years
Rise in housing and sanitation had most people in the colonies living to their early 60s on average
Students will identify contributing factors for the growth in the British colonies during the 18th century.

3. Colonial America Grows
The major worry for colonists was disease
Typhoid fever, tuberculosis, cholera, diphtheria, and scarlet fever were all major issues
Epidemic of Smallpox swept through Boston in 1721
Reverend Cotton Mather – one of the pioneers of inoculation
Students will identify contributing factors for the growth in the British colonies during the 18th century.

4. Immigration
Between 1700 and 1775 more than 300,000 European immigrants came to the colonies
Most settled into the middle colonies
Many went to the frontier, backcountry of Pennsylvania and South where land was free
In 1638 German Mennonites went to Pennsylvania to escape religious wars
A wave of Germans followed, by 1775, more than 100,000 Germans lived there
Students will identify contributing factors for the growth in the British colonies during the 18th century.

5. Immigration
Scots-Irish, who were Scots that helped England take Northern Ireland, in 1717 fled rising taxes, poor harvests, and religious persecution in Ireland.
From 1717 to 1776 more than 150,000 came to the colonies
Jews seeking religious tolerance moved to New York
Approximately 1,500 moved to the colonies in the s
Students will identify contributing factors for the growth in the British colonies during the 18th century.

6. Women Women did not have equal rights in the colonies
Married women could not own property, make contracts, or wills
Husbands were the sole guardian of the children and had the authority discipline both them and their wives
Single women and widows had more rights, like owning property, filing lawsuits, and running businesses
Students will identify contributing factors for the growth in the British colonies during the 18th century.

7. Africans in the Colonies
From 1450 to 1870, estimates put the number of enslaved Africans sent to the Americas around million
Around 2 million died on the journey over
3.6 million went to Portuguese Brazil
1.5 million went to Spanish colonies
3.7 million went to the Caribbean
About 500,000 went to British North America
Students will identify contributing factors for the growth in the British colonies during the 18th century.

8. Africans in the Colonies
When the first slaves arrived, Virginia did not recognize chattel slavery
Slavery developed slowly in the Chesapeake colonies
The first slaves could gain freedom by converting to Christianity
1705 Virginia Slave Code
Could not own property
Testify against whites in court
Move about freely
Assemble in large numbers
Students will identify contributing factors for the growth in the British colonies during the 18th century.