1. The Structure of the Colonies

2. English Social Structure
MONARCHY &  NOBILITY
MONARCHY = King & Royal Family
MAJOR GENTRY = Hereditary titles (Duke, Earl, and Marquis) and control of House of Lords
MINOR GENTRY = Kingly appointments (Baron, Knight, Squire, and Mister) and control of House of Commons

3. English Social Structure
PROFESSIONALS = Lawyers, Doctors, Clergy, Professors
Independent farmers & yeoman
Artisans & craftsmen
All 25-year-old males & older could vote
Had no real power
MONARCHY &  NOBILITY
PRODUCERS & PROFESSIONALS

4. English Social Structure
Largest and LOWEST group in English society
Farm hands, day laborers, and servants
Criminals and beggars also included
No property, no political power, no hope of improving their lives
MONARCHY &  NOBILITY
PRODUCERS & PROFESSIONALS
WORKERS &
DREGS OF SOCIETY

5. King & Queen = Dad & Mom George I (1714-1727) George III (1760-1820)
Queen Anne
( )
George II
( )

6. Concept of Deference
The English laughed at the developing American concept of (gasp) EQUALITY
People at the bottom owed deference up
People at the top owed social responsibility down
England was a “corporate” society
(Latin for CORPOS…meaning “body” and “organic”

7. Enforcing the Rules
EXCEPTION #1 = Showing deference to the king is difficult when he’s thousands of miles away
EXCEPTION #2 = There were no nobles in America and not very many people owned land

8. Colonial Structure THREE TYPES 1) ROYAL 2) PROPRIETARY 3) CHARTER
Example =
The Dominion
Example = Maryland
& Pennsylvania
Example = Rhode
Island & Connecticut

9. Different Colonial Structures

10. Pennsylvania

11. North Carolina Coastal rice plantations Western wheat farmers
Central cotton plantations

12. New York