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A Diverse Society

A Diverse Society. Chapter 3 Section 4. Women in Colonial Society. Married women could not own property Husbands could discipline (beat) wives and children Unmarried & widowed women had more rights. Health & Disease. Diseases killed many colonists 1721- small pox in Boston

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A Diverse Society

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  1. A Diverse Society Chapter 3 Section 4

  2. Women in Colonial Society • Married women could not own property • Husbands could discipline (beat) wives and children • Unmarried & widowed women had more rights.

  3. Health & Disease • Diseases killed many colonists • 1721- small pox in Boston • Cotton Mather finds out how to prevent the disease • Saved many people

  4. Germans in Pennsylvania • Came to PA for religious freedom (Mennonites) • Called Pennsylvania Dutch • Very prosperous farmers

  5. The Scotch-Irish • Descendants of Scots that helped England conquer Ireland • Moved to Western Pennsylvania & back country of southern colonies

  6. New African Culture • In South Carolina, slaves worked in lived in large groups • A new language developed- Gullah- mix of English & African

  7. Oppression & Resistance • Slavery in the Low Country (SC & GA) was very harsh • Slaves beaten to keep then under control • Stono Rebellion- @ 75 slaves gather on Stono river in SC, kill overseers, take guns • Trying to get to Spanish Florida • Militia stops rebellion, kills about ½ the slaves

  8. The Enlightenment • Believed natural laws applied to all relationships (social, political, economic, etc.) • Believed man could apply reason to understand these relationships • John Locke- influential Enlightenment writer • Believed in tabula rosa- blank slate • Society shaped people • Rousseau- The Social Contract- government must have permission of the people • People should make their own laws

  9. The Enlightenment • Montesquieu- 3 types of power- executive, legislative, judicial • Should be separated in different branches

  10. The Great Awakening • Religious movement • Stressed dependence on God • Started in pietism movement (focused on devotion to God) • Spread through revivals • Jonathon Edwards- reacting to the Enlightenment • Preached people should repent • George Whitefield- powerful emotional speaker • Attracted large crowds at revivals • New churches developed- Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Congregationalist • Baptists most popular in the South- appealed to poor whites & slaves

  11. Results • The Enlightenment & Great Awakening emphasized individualism • Supported independence • Enlightenment- provided arguments against British rule • The Great Awakening undermined allegiance to traditional authority

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