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XIII. Changing & Growing Colonies

XIII. Changing & Growing Colonies. A. Agricultural Societies 1. Northern a. Small Farms i. tight knit communities ii. large families b. Not the primary source of Industry in New England i. cleared timber ii. cleared rocks

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XIII. Changing & Growing Colonies

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  1. XIII. Changing & Growing Colonies A. Agricultural Societies 1. Northern a. Small Farms i. tight knit communities ii. large families b. Not the primary source of Industry in New England i. cleared timber ii. cleared rocks 2. Agriculture and land ownership a. Culturally important b. By 1730 most men could inherit or buy 50 acres i. minimum size acreage to support a family ii. large land holdings of 500-1,000 acres split up iii. lack of arable farm land a. poor farming practices, no fertilizer or fallow

  2. b. consequences i. men forced to leave ii. move west iii. find jobs in sea ports 3. New Englanders change a. 1/2 way covenant no longer observed b. secular society based on profit B. Plantation South 1. Gains stability a. large families b. slaves i. most families own no slaves ii. 1/10 of slave owners own 20 or more slaves c. Tobacco in Virginia & Maryland i. diversification of crops ii. not subject to price fluctuations iii. economically & socially stable

  3. 2. Lower South a. Indigo for English Textiles b. Rice i. Eliza Lucas Pinckney (1740s) ii. Boom iii. Polarization of classes iv. Slaves c. Poor Whites move to interior i. frontier expands ii. little possessions a. clothes b. Almanac & Bible iii. iron rare iv. entertainment C. Urban Seaports 1. Seat of new technology

  4. 2. News and Books a. ideas b. world events 3. Fishing a. could not feed through agriculture b. develop fishing fleet c. train sailors d. start trading empire e. fastest ships in world 4. 2/3rds of all adult men are artisans a. small cottage industries b. craft guilds develop 5. Economy changes a. based on common good & fair prices b. with shipping comes supply and demand c. merchant sells rice in caribbean but starving mob stop him

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