01:512:104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: New England French, Middle Colonies, Age Of Enlightenment
16 May 2018
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Chapter 05 - The Cultures of Colonial North America
North American Regions
• Impressive similarities between the Indian cultures: general adaptation
to European culture
Indian America
• Became more independent on European goods
• During American Revolution they asserted independence
• Played off each the powers, tried to be neutral
• French had better relations as they had no expansion plans, however
French could be just as ruthless
• Most Indian alliances with French were result of British fear of
expansion
• Indians lost most of their people, Europeans didn't
• Indians benefited from the horse
The Spanish Borderlands
• New Spain was the must prosperous colony, however Spain in North
America was poor
• In Florida, competition for St. Augustine between Brits and
Spanish=good relations with Indians in Florida
• St. Augustine also had large black population as it was the destination
for many slaves
• In New Mexico, the population was poor but expanding, as was
Louisiana
• California was deadly
• Religion played a big role in all the colonies
The French Crescent
• In New France religion and state were the same
• Thinly populated
• New Orleans was the most profitable colony
• French colony of inclusion=women get property rights, metis, and Indian
clothes
New England
• Puritan Government
• All male churchgoers were voters=all laws were mad by religion
• Not tolerable to other religions
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• Roger Williams (Rhode Island) argued for toleration
• John Locke argued for toleration=Toleration Act=other religions in New
England
• French and Hurons in the north=no settlement up there
The Middle Colonies
• New York was the most ethnically diverse
• Rich landowners choose to rent versus sell=Pennsylvania more
attractive
• Quakers who ran Pennsylvania were tolerant vs. Puritans in New
England
• In Pennsylvania land was sold in individual lots vs. communal plots
• In Pennsylvania people moved around more than in New
England=settlement of the individual=basis for future expansion
The Backcountry
• Modest lifestyle
• Disdain for rank
The South
• White, black, and Indians
• Most of the population was black slaves
• Plantation was the institution for social life in Charleston
• Charleston grew rice
• In the Chesapeake tobacco was grown=smaller plots=more diverse
mosaic of farmers
• Growing racial solidarity between whites
Traditional Culture in the New World
• Due submission for the general good
• Traditional farming vs. plantation farming
• Traditional farms diversified (self sufficient) plantation or commercial
farming wasn't
• Guilds in cities
• Few opportunities for women, however some did take on husbands
work after their death
The Frontier Heritage
• Labor was in short supply as people could own their own farms easily
• In Spanish colonies people had Apache slaves
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Document Summary
Chapter 05 - the cultures of colonial north america. Impressive similarities between the indian cultures: general adaptation to european culture. Indian america: became more independent on european goods, during american revolution they asserted independence, played off each the powers, tried to be neutral, french had better relations as they had no expansion plans, however. French could be just as ruthless: most indian alliances with french were result of british fear of expansion. Indians lost most of their people, europeans didn"t. The spanish borderlands: new spain was the must prosperous colony, however spain in north. In florida, competition for st. augustine between brits and. Spanish=good relations with indians in florida: st. augustine also had large black population as it was the destination for many slaves. In new mexico, the population was poor but expanding, as was. Louisiana: california was deadly, religion played a big role in all the colonies.
