APUSH Outline
APUSH Outline Ch. 4
I. American Life in the Seventeenth Century (1607 - 1692)
• During the seventeenth century the colonies were thriving and held together by Atlantic economy. Though still attached to England, the way of life in America was completely different from lifestyle in England. Even in America the differences throughout the colonies were obvious. Everyone had to adapt to new way of life. The Indians, the Europeans, and African slaves had to learn to adjust. o This was a period of adaptation for the people and evolution in a government away from its Motherland had begun.
A. The Unhealthy Chesapeake
1. English colonists were learning to adjust to a completely new environment.
a. Disease struck them harshly
1) Few people lived …show more content…
to turn 20 years old
2) Disease wiped out whole settlements
3) Families were usually small and very fragile
4) Over time, native-born inhabitants began to acquire antibodies to most diseases
5) At one point, women became scarce.
B. The Tobacco Economy
1. The Chesapeake Bay was immensely shaped by its Tobacco economy. Profit as well as demand was great.
a. Demand meant more labor but who would do it
1) Plantation owners used indentured servants to work their plantations
b. Millions of pounds of Tobacco were exported
1) Approx. 40 million pounds per year
2) Prices went down since tobacco was so easy to cultivate, yet farmers kept buying land for more plantations.
3) Needed fresh workers for labor.
C. Frustrated Freemen and Bacon’s Rebellion
1. The Chesapeake Bay was full of disappointed men in search for land. Their discontent soon grew enough for an outbreak to hit.
a. Nathaniel Bacon decided to rebel and with that came a revolution.
1) Fought with Indians
2) Chased gov. Berkeley out of Jamestown.
3) There was chaos everywhere in Virginia
b. As the rebellion faded due to weakness and disease, Berkeley took matters into his hands brutally counterattacked.
D. Colonial Slavery
1. Once Britain laid eyes on Africa slavery became a huge market and an even bigger factor in American economy.
a. African slaves were very expensive and struggling colonists preferred to use indentured servants.
1) Even though life expectancy was short for “white slaves” the colonists had no other options
b. Changes were soon made after the pool of indentured servants shrank.
1) Thousands of slaves brushed upon the shores of America to be sold to desperate plantation owners.
2) The pop. of African slaves rose over the pop. of white servants.
3) As the population of Africans rose so did racial threats.
E. Africans in America
1. Africans began to develop new harsh lives in America.
a. Many of them perished from horrible living conditions
b. Native born slaves helped sustain the population of Africans in America.
c. Some of them helped build up the colonies by becoming artisans, or bricklayers.
d. Slave life was the most severe in the South.
F. Southern Society
1. A new social structure began to develop in the South.
a. Plantation owners usually being the wealthiest were at the top of the hierarchy.
1) Below them came the small famers
2) After that… the luckless colonists in search of land
3) Last but certainly no least, black slaves and indentured servants.
b. As the slave population increased white indentured servants began to diminish.
G. The New England Family
1. Above the South settlers enjoyed cool temperatures, the beauty of nature, and the opportunity to have a complete family.
a. The cool temperatures slowed down the spread of disease.
b. People encouraged early marriage and with that the birthrate increased.
1) Women were producing children just about every two years.
2) Raising children became of the very essence to society
c. Women began to fear birth as the rate of birthing death increased.
1) Women would have dependent children from their marriage till their death.
d. Since men were constantly dying in the South leaving their wives widowed and with children, women were entitled to keep their property and soon planted the seeds to women’s rights.
H. Life in the New England Towns
1. New Englanders became closer as a society. They mostly had small farms and villages and expansion wasn’t really in their mindset.
a. Small towns were being created with usually no more than 50 families.
1) Consisted of a meetinghouse
2) Few people knew how to read and write
b.
Puritans were running their own churches and creating new congregations.
1) Puritans manifested democracy in their voting process
2) They established Harvard College
I. The Half-Way Covenant and the Salem Witch Trials
1. As the population grew Puritans began to disperse and were losing control of the Church.
a. The half-way covenant was created to convert, but not into “full communion,” other people.
1) This blurred the distinction between the “elect” and others.
b. The persecution of witches also came around when a group of teen girls in Salem declared that they had been bewitched by some women.
1) That’s how the Salem Witch Trials began.
2) Salem grew to be highly superstitious.
3) When the wife of the governor was accused of witchcraft, he ended all witch trials.
J. The New England Way of Life
1. New Englanders were greatly affected by climate. The climate manifested its protest against manipulation after harsh winters.
a. The soil was filled with pebbles and stones which did not allow for facilitated cultivation.
b. Summers were scorching hot and winters were freezing cold.
c. Native Americans left an imprint on the New England
territory.
1) They burnt acres of land to make them life-sustainable
2) They left long trail from migratory trips.
d. The climate pretty much shaped all of New England.
e. The introduction of livestock had a great impact of New England Territory.
1) Pigs, horses, sheep, cattle
2) Farmers had to clear out complete forests in order to provided pasturelands for their animals.
f. Since soil was not easy to deal with, people turned to their harbors.
1) They learned to manufacture timber and became pros in shipbuilding and commerce.
g. A new wisp of purpose roamed the air in New England with the resourcefulness of its inhabitants.
I. American Life in the Seventeenth Century (1607 - 1692)
• During the seventeenth century the colonies were thriving and held together by Atlantic economy. Though still attached to England, the way of life in America was completely different from lifestyle in England. Even in America the differences throughout the colonies were obvious. Everyone had to adapt to new way of life. The Indians, the Europeans, and African slaves had to learn to adjust. o This was a period of adaptation for the people and evolution in a government away from its Motherland had begun.
A. The Unhealthy Chesapeake
1. English colonists were learning to adjust to a completely new environment.
a. Disease struck them harshly
1) Few people lived …show more content…
to turn 20 years old
2) Disease wiped out whole settlements
3) Families were usually small and very fragile
4) Over time, native-born inhabitants began to acquire antibodies to most diseases
5) At one point, women became scarce.
B. The Tobacco Economy
1. The Chesapeake Bay was immensely shaped by its Tobacco economy. Profit as well as demand was great.
a. Demand meant more labor but who would do it
1) Plantation owners used indentured servants to work their plantations
b. Millions of pounds of Tobacco were exported
1) Approx. 40 million pounds per year
2) Prices went down since tobacco was so easy to cultivate, yet farmers kept buying land for more plantations.
3) Needed fresh workers for labor.
C. Frustrated Freemen and Bacon’s Rebellion
1. The Chesapeake Bay was full of disappointed men in search for land. Their discontent soon grew enough for an outbreak to hit.
a. Nathaniel Bacon decided to rebel and with that came a revolution.
1) Fought with Indians
2) Chased gov. Berkeley out of Jamestown.
3) There was chaos everywhere in Virginia
b. As the rebellion faded due to weakness and disease, Berkeley took matters into his hands brutally counterattacked.
D. Colonial Slavery
1. Once Britain laid eyes on Africa slavery became a huge market and an even bigger factor in American economy.
a. African slaves were very expensive and struggling colonists preferred to use indentured servants.
1) Even though life expectancy was short for “white slaves” the colonists had no other options
b. Changes were soon made after the pool of indentured servants shrank.
1) Thousands of slaves brushed upon the shores of America to be sold to desperate plantation owners.
2) The pop. of African slaves rose over the pop. of white servants.
3) As the population of Africans rose so did racial threats.
E. Africans in America
1. Africans began to develop new harsh lives in America.
a. Many of them perished from horrible living conditions
b. Native born slaves helped sustain the population of Africans in America.
c. Some of them helped build up the colonies by becoming artisans, or bricklayers.
d. Slave life was the most severe in the South.
F. Southern Society
1. A new social structure began to develop in the South.
a. Plantation owners usually being the wealthiest were at the top of the hierarchy.
1) Below them came the small famers
2) After that… the luckless colonists in search of land
3) Last but certainly no least, black slaves and indentured servants.
b. As the slave population increased white indentured servants began to diminish.
G. The New England Family
1. Above the South settlers enjoyed cool temperatures, the beauty of nature, and the opportunity to have a complete family.
a. The cool temperatures slowed down the spread of disease.
b. People encouraged early marriage and with that the birthrate increased.
1) Women were producing children just about every two years.
2) Raising children became of the very essence to society
c. Women began to fear birth as the rate of birthing death increased.
1) Women would have dependent children from their marriage till their death.
d. Since men were constantly dying in the South leaving their wives widowed and with children, women were entitled to keep their property and soon planted the seeds to women’s rights.
H. Life in the New England Towns
1. New Englanders became closer as a society. They mostly had small farms and villages and expansion wasn’t really in their mindset.
a. Small towns were being created with usually no more than 50 families.
1) Consisted of a meetinghouse
2) Few people knew how to read and write
b.
Puritans were running their own churches and creating new congregations.
1) Puritans manifested democracy in their voting process
2) They established Harvard College
I. The Half-Way Covenant and the Salem Witch Trials
1. As the population grew Puritans began to disperse and were losing control of the Church.
a. The half-way covenant was created to convert, but not into “full communion,” other people.
1) This blurred the distinction between the “elect” and others.
b. The persecution of witches also came around when a group of teen girls in Salem declared that they had been bewitched by some women.
1) That’s how the Salem Witch Trials began.
2) Salem grew to be highly superstitious.
3) When the wife of the governor was accused of witchcraft, he ended all witch trials.
J. The New England Way of Life
1. New Englanders were greatly affected by climate. The climate manifested its protest against manipulation after harsh winters.
a. The soil was filled with pebbles and stones which did not allow for facilitated cultivation.
b. Summers were scorching hot and winters were freezing cold.
c. Native Americans left an imprint on the New England
territory.
1) They burnt acres of land to make them life-sustainable
2) They left long trail from migratory trips.
d. The climate pretty much shaped all of New England.
e. The introduction of livestock had a great impact of New England Territory.
1) Pigs, horses, sheep, cattle
2) Farmers had to clear out complete forests in order to provided pasturelands for their animals.
f. Since soil was not easy to deal with, people turned to their harbors.
1) They learned to manufacture timber and became pros in shipbuilding and commerce.
g. A new wisp of purpose roamed the air in New England with the resourcefulness of its inhabitants.