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Colonial Families

Colonial Families. Chesapeake. Chesapeake. Women marrying younger. Chesapeake. Women marrying younger Having more children. Chesapeake. Women marrying younger Having more children Raising larger families. Chesapeake. Women marrying younger Having more children Raising larger families

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Colonial Families

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  1. Colonial Families

  2. Chesapeake

  3. Chesapeake • Women marrying younger

  4. Chesapeake • Women marrying younger • Having more children

  5. Chesapeake • Women marrying younger • Having more children • Raising larger families

  6. Chesapeake • Women marrying younger • Having more children • Raising larger families • Men and women living longer

  7. Chesapeake • Women marrying younger • Having more children • Raising larger families • Men and women living longer • Cities emerging

  8. Chesapeake • Women marrying younger • Having more children • Raising larger families • Men and women living longer • Cities emerging • New towns in hinterlands

  9. Chesapeake • Women marrying younger • Having more children • Raising larger families • Men and women living longer • Cities emerging • New towns in hinterlands • Colonial aristocracy emerging

  10. Chesapeake • Women marrying younger • Having more children • Raising larger families • Men and women living longer • Cities emerging • New towns in hinterlands • Colonial aristocracy emerging • Settlements moving to new frontier

  11. Life expectancy lower than northeast

  12. Life expectancy lower than northeast • More arable land

  13. Life expectancy lower than northeast • More arable land • All sons inherited land

  14. Life expectancy lower than northeast • More arable land • All sons inherited land • Wealthy planter elite

  15. Life expectancy lower than northeast • More arable land • All sons inherited land • Wealthy planter elite • Intermarriage encouraged

  16. Life expectancy lower than northeast • More arable land • Built great estates

  17. Mount Vernon

  18. Monticello

  19. Family Life of the Gentry

  20. Emotional displays discouraged

  21. Emotional displays discouraged • Mask emotions

  22. Emotional displays discouraged • Mask emotions • Public emotions avoided

  23. Emotional displays discouraged • Mask emotions • Public emotions avoided • family quarrels common

  24. Emotional displays discouraged • Mask emotions • Public emotions avoided • family quarrels common • Sexual indiscretion

  25. Society more native born

  26. Society more native born • Choose marriage partners

  27. Society more native born • Choose marriage partners • Focus on immediate family

  28. Society more native born • Choose marriage partners • Focus on immediate family • Family affection- mothers

  29. Puritans

  30. Within 40 years…..

  31. Within 40 years….. • Families disintegrating

  32. Within 40 years….. • Families disintegrating • Parents irresponsible

  33. Within 40 years….. • Families disintegrating • Parents irresponsible • Kids loosing respect for authority

  34. Jeremiads

  35. declension

  36. Rapid population growth

  37. Rapid population growth • More land

  38. Rapid population growth • More land • Shortage of labor

  39. Diminished parental control

  40. Diminished parental control • Different family patterns across social classes

  41. Diminished parental control • Different family patterns across social classes • New concept of childhood

  42. Land less important

  43. Land less important • Less land

  44. Land less important • Less land • Subdivided land

  45. Land less important • Less land • Subdivided land • Primogeniture

  46. Land less important • Less land • Subdivided land • Primogeniture • People moved

  47. Illegitimacy rates 17th C >10%

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