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Immigration
The permanent moving of people into one country from other countries
What were the reasons for population growth in the 13 colonies
Immigration and large families
Epidemics
Outbreaks that affect large number of people example and 1721 there was a smallpox epidemic in the city of Boston that killed about 850 people or 15% of population in Boston
Women often often died in
Childbirth
What did immigrants bring
Different religions different educations languages and ways of thinking. Once in America they became Americans
The spirit of independence and the settlers brought
New ways of doing things, people adapt to their traditions to the new conditions of life
What contributed to a new American culture
Religion education in the arts and family form the basic foundation of colonial society for those who are not slaves
Who were the formal heads of households
Men
What did formal heads of households do
They manage the farmer business and represented the family and the community
Apprentice
Someone who agrees to work with the skilled craftsperson as a way of learning a trade
Who ran the households and cared for the children
Women
Married women had few
Rights
Besides taking care of the household and the children married women did what
Sometimes it works in the field with their husbands
Unmarried women might work as
Maids or cooks
Widows and older women who never married might work as
Teachers nurses are seamstresses they could run businesses and own property but they were not allowed to vote
What was the role of family in colonial life
Basic foundation of colonial society
What is a hornbook
It is made of a wooden paddle with lessons tacked onto it to help young students learn to read
American shared a commitment to
Education strong religious beliefs and openness to new ideas
Most colonists valued
Education. Parents often talked to Joan to read and write it home in New England in Pennsylvania you could study the Bible
1647 the Massachusetts Puritans passed
A public education law requiring communities with 50 or more homes to have a public-school this resulted in a high level of C or kids are able to read in New England about 85% of the men and half the women were able to read by 1750
Most Schools in the middle colonies were
Private many widows and unmarried women ran them or Quakers and other religious groups crafts people often set up night school and the earliest colleges were founded to train ministers
And 1730 and 1740 A religious revival called ? Swept through the colonies
The great awakening
In New England in the middle colonies minister called for a new birth which was
I return to the strong faith in earlier days John a thin Edwards of Massachusetts gave powerful and convincing sermons along with George Whitefield an English preacher
The great awakening inspired
Greater religious freedom and led to the formation of many new types of churches the church is placed an emphasis on having personal faith rather on church rituals more colonist begin choosing your own fate and the strength of establish official church is declined
The great awakening also united colonists from the north and the south to ? A common experience. The colonists overcame regional barriers and this helped pave the way for rapid spread of ideas and excitement during the struggle of independence
By the middle 1700s many educated colonists were also influenced by ? The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment movement began in
Europe and spread the idea that knowledge reason and science could improve society
In the colonies the enlightenment did what
Increase in interest in science. It promoted freedom of thought and expression a belief inequality and the idea of popular government
Ideas of freedom formed what
Freedom of the press
What is censorship
The banning of printed materials because they can contain unpopular or offensive ideas
How did The size of colonial population change in the 1700s and what contributed to this
Population grew to 2.5 million.