Life in the Colonies notes 9/8/05 Mercantilism Belief that trade makes richer. Get as much gold as you can. Navigation Acts Laws that England pass after 1660 to make sure merchant system was working. 3 goals, all goods going into and out of colonies must travel on English ships. Enumerated goods from colonies, must go to England before trading with rest of world (glass, tea, indigo, tobacco). Goods from Europe had to go through England before going to colonies. Salutary Neglect – 1660 to end of French and Indian wart 1673, England doesn’t crack down on colonies. Dominion of New England 1685, outlawed legislative essemblies, Population and demographics. Doubled every 25 years. Scottish people from ireland who moved here. A lot of dutch lived along Hudson river. Variety of Europeans. Wanted a chance at a new life. Average age of American was 16, life expectancy was longer than in Europe. People sexin’ it up like crazy. Early marriges
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Daily life Getting up really early, men work the fields, women do house work like laundry.
Salem witch trials: 1692 Storytelling: People who tell scary stories, girls go into convulsions. Tituba points out other people who are devil’s servents. Hysteria: Even the president of Harvard and pastor of Boston’s first church accused of witchcraft. QuickTimeª and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor People are concerned. Wife of govenor of mass are needed to see this picture. bay was accused. Finally intervened and shut down witch hunts. The Aftermath: 20 people ended up dieing. Why?
Teenagers making accusations, but adults pressing charges. Courts had testimonies. Fueds between families may have led to prosecutions. Putnem family, males in this family were making charges were previously important. Mostly women who did not fit the traditional ladys were accused. Land disputes.
Great awakening Spread of denominations in US George Whitefield Beginnings of the age of enlightenment. rational form of Christianity.friends with founders of Methodist church. 1739, he leaves England and comes to colnies. Travels throughout preaching to who he can. focuses on sin nature. One of the best preachers. Even Ben Franklin swayed.
QuickTimeª and a Jonathan Edwards Opposite of Whitefield. Intullectual, TIFF decompress are(Uncompressed) needed to see this picture. entered yale at age of 13. 1730s, minister of Connetecut. Sees something missing. Focuses on sinfulness of man. “Sinners in the hands of an angry god”. Becomes one of the biggest leaders of the Great Awakening. Becomes first president of Princeton University. New universities Yale, 1701 – puritans who thought harvard was too liberal. Prinston Edwards Kings College (Columbia University) Anglicans University of Pennsyvania secular founded by Ben Franklin Main goal of these colleges was to train ministers