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Chapter 5: Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution

Chapter 5: Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution. A Mingling of Races (pg. 29). Background (plenty/fertile land, dependable food supply) (encourages immigration) (natural reproduction) European Immigrants (religious persecution) (wars)

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Chapter 5: Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution

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  1. Chapter 5: Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution

  2. A Mingling of Races (pg. 29) • Background (plenty/fertile land, dependable food supply) (encourages immigration) (natural reproduction) • European Immigrants (religious persecution) (wars) • English (less problems/England) (few continued to come) • Germans (settled west of Philadelphia, Penn. Dutch) (maintain culture) (obeyed law, little interest in politics) • Scotch-Irish (Northern Ireland, ancestors/Scotland) (little respect for British govt./laws/any type of control) (land squatters) (fiercely independent) (Paxton Boys) • Other Europeans (French Protestants/Huguenots) • Africans (forced to come) (90%, South) (Free Blacks) (all colonies had slaves/limit rights & opportunities)

  3. Professions (pg. 30) • Ministry (ministry was the most respectful/colonies) (1700’s, other professions become respectable/prominent) • Physicians (victims of disease, made to bleed) (cuts or leeches) (doctors, no formal training) (apprentice to experienced doctor) (Ben Franklin) (1st medical college, College of Philadelphia) • Lawyers (viewed/talkative trouble-makers, not in demand) (people argue their own cases before magistrate) (expansion of trade, cases became complex) (professional help needed) (able lawyers, committees) (gain respect/ 1760’s- 1770’s, argue colonial rights) (John Adams, James Otis, Patrick Henry)

  4. The First Great Awakening (pg. 31) • Background (Protestant sermons, too intellectual) (basics) (more stress, human sinfulness/hell & damnation) • Jonathan Edwards (God/angry at sinners) (New England) (repent, saved by God’s goodness) (bad, eternal damnation) • George Whitefield (ordinary people, understand Gospels) (democratic) (revivals, cities/rural) • Religious Impact (people become saved) (ministers lost their authority, people preach at home) (New Lights, accept new views) (diversity of religions) • Political Influence (common experience, regardless/status) (change how colonists view authority) (challenged authority of religious officials) (later, challenge political leaders/King & Royal Governors)

  5. The Enlightenment (pg. 32) • Background (European) (reason/solve problems) (John Locke, natural rights) (all humans born with them) (sovereignty belongs to people, not state) (revolt/necessary) (basic principles/Constitution) (scientific solutions) • Other Ideas of the Enlightenment (future leader mature at this time) (Jean-Jacque Rousseau) (minimize, role of divine intervention) (democratic) (revolutionary thought led to American Revolution)

  6. The Press (pg. 33) • Newspapers (1725/5 newspapers) (1776/40) (1 page, ½) (month-old news from Europe) (ads, goods/services) (runaways, slaves/indentured servants) (essays/better living) (no illustrations) (1st cartoons, Philadelphia Gazette) • The Zenger Case (editors jailed, offended politicians) (libel, criticized Royal Governor) (defense, printed/truth) (injury to governor’s reputation, criminal offense) (truth?) (jury found him innocent) (landmark?) (newspapers take more risks) (freedom of press? NO)

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