HIS271Y1 Lecture Notes - New England Colonies, Southern Colonies, Middle Colonies
Document Summary
Intact nuclear families, but often extended families as well remarried: lots and lots of babies. Immigration and diversification: growth of a homogenous society: less english, more of a european blend, most colonists lived very close to the atlantic coast, land in north america is seriously cheap. Puritans made it inhospitable for other religious immigrants. The middle colonies: pennsylvania = best poor man"s country. Indentures had just enough to get over the atlantic on their own accord didn"t have anything else: those with 24445 move further in land. Slavery: clustered into two distinct regions in the south chesapeake, and south carolina. England: does have livestock and space, fishy wishy , large number of artisans in new england. The middle colonies: makes more money so they can purchase labourers , some slaves, but only exist in the cities economy doesn"t really call for them, a lot of wheat breadbasket!
