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What were the Characteristics of Northern Colonies?. U.S. History and Government Br. Siraj 7 January 2020. Economy of the North. Very Prosperous Diversified Variety of Crops Livestock Trading Manufacturing. Cities/Urban Life New York, Philadelphia, Boston Properly planned
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What were the Characteristics of Northern Colonies? U.S. History and Government Br. Siraj 7 January 2020
Economy of the North • Very Prosperous • Diversified • Variety of Crops • Livestock • Trading • Manufacturing • Cities/Urban Life • New York, Philadelphia, Boston • Properly planned • Entertainment facilities
Social Characteristics • Social Diversity More than South • Non English/Welsh Immigrants: Dutch, Germans, Scots and Scot-Irish • Africans • Slavery • Slavery Existed, but not like the south • Slaves had legal rights, unlike south • Cruel treatment existed. No law to protect them. • Rebellion occurred sometimes
Answer the Following Two Questions • How commerce and urban center grew in the North? • How did Northern Society become diverse?
Social Characteristics • Women • Extensive work-responsibilities • Few legal rights • Could not enter into contract or buy & sell property • Witchcraft trial • 1692 in Salem
Answer the Following Questions • What kind of economy grew in the North? Why? • What were the characteristics of city life in the North? • What were the positive and negative impacts of ethnic diversity in the colonies? • What were the underlying reasons for Salem Witch-hunt?
Intellectual Characteristics • Influence of Enlightenment • Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson are few who were influenced by Enlightenment • Great Awakening • 1691 Charter ended Puritan monopoly over people’s lives • Religious Revival Led by Jonathan Edwards during 1730s & 1740s • Non English people became church members • New Churches (Methodists, Baptists) grew. • New Educational Centers were born
What is enlightenment and what are its two main underlying ideas? • What is Great Awakening? Who is its leader? How did it change people’s beliefs?
Homework Questions1, 2, 3 & 5 on Page 84 Good Luck!