1. WARM-UP: Split a half sheet with a neighbor
Answer the following question about the map.
Your answer does not have to be in a complete sentence. Please number your answers like shown below.
Name the colonies below and identify which region they belong to:
#1._________________________
#2._________________________
#3._________________________ #1 #2 #3

2. Unit 2 Notes
4.3 Culture and Society

3. I. Life in the Colonies A. Immigration
Population = 2.5 million by mid 1770s
Immigration
Between
~690,000 Europeans came to colonies
278,000 enslaved Africans brought to colonies

4. Growth = women STILL Fragile Married early Large families Diseases
Women died during childbirth
Epidemics: outbreaks that affected large numbers of people = 1721 Smallpox Epidemic in Boston killed ~15% of the population

5. Born in other countries Brought diff. languages & ways of thinking
B. NEW American Spirit
Born in other countries
Brought diff. languages & ways of thinking
Adapted to new traditions
Religion, education, and the arts

6. Men = heads of the household
C. Family Roles
Men = heads of the household
Managed farm/business & rep. the family
Worked in fields & built barns, houses, fences, etc.
Son = often worked as indentured servants for local farmers or became apprentices

7. Women =ran the households & cared for children
Worked in fields
Married women = few rights
Might work as maids or cooks
Widows/elderly = teachers, nurses, or seamstresses
Children
Worked as young as 4 or 5
Enjoyed simple games & toys

8. II. American Beliefs A. Colonial Education
New England & PA = schools = read the bible
1647 = Mass. Puritans pass public ed. Law = communities of homes required to have a public school
By 1750 ~85% of men & ~50% of women could read

9. Middle Colonies = private school
Quakers & others = religious schools
Craftspeople = night schools for apprentices
Earliest colleges = train ministers

10. B. The Great Awakening
1730s & 1740s = religious revival
New England & Middle Colony ministers called for “a new birth” = return to strong faith
Jonathan Edwards of Mass. = sermons
George Whitefield = English preacher

11. Led to the formation of new churches
Emphasis on personal faith rather than rituals
GW united colonist North & South = overcame barriers
Paved way for revolutionary ideas & independence

12. Increased interest in science & expression
C. The Enlightenment
Began in Europe
Spread the idea that knowledge, reason, & science could improve society
Increased interest in science & expression
Ben Franklin

13. Important issue for colonists
D. Freedom of Press
Important issue for colonists
Newspapers (Boston & Philadelphia) carried political news = faces govt censorship
1733 = publisher John Peter Zenger, New-York Weekly Journal
Accused NY governor of corruption
Charged for a crime & thrown in jail
Jury found Zenger not guilty
Case = key step for a free press

14. E. Civic Virtue
Democratic ideas, practices, & values that help to form a free society
Examples:
Crevecoeur = spirit of America = “Letters of an American Farmer” & “American Dream”
Ben Franklin = 13 Virtues
Temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquility, chastity, humility

15. Etiquette in the Colonies
Women:
Don’t be mean keep it clean!
You are able, keep food on the table!
Don’t hide or shield work in the field!
Men:
You’re the boss get to it hoss!
Get in the dirt and get to work!
You’ve got the wood – build like you should!
Children:
Don’t delay get out and play!
Time to work kid, don’t get hurt!
Using your notes (and your textbook if necessary, pgs ) complete each page of your booklet
Summarize the expectations of colonists for each category
Either write your summaries in a colonial way of speaking OR make your summaries rhyme!
Each summary must also include an illustration
BONUS if each illustration includes color