
Colonial Life and Society A03 7.8.31
Estimated Total Population of New Spain, New France, and the British North American Colonies, 1700–1780
Population: Geographic Expansion Movement into the Backcountry, 1720–1760
Population: Age Population Structure by Gender and Age: British Mainland Colonies, 1760s, and United States, 1980s
Religion: Diversity • Tolerance? • Great Awakening • George Whitefield Religious Diversity in 1750
Education • New England • “Old Satan Deluder” Act (1647)
Economy • Mercantilism – theory, purpose • Navigation Acts • “triangular” trade • Smuggling – quality of royal officials
Value of Colonial Exports by Region, Annual Average, 1768–1772
Government: Britain & Its Colonies • Tradition of Lax Rule • English Civil War • Glorious Revolution - triumph of Parliament • George I and II reliance on Parliament • “Whigs” • Salutary Neglect • Colonial tradition of self-rule • Colonial assemblies - powers • Weakness of governors
Eighteenth century merchants conducting business in a coffeehouse