American Spirit 14th Edition Chapter 5 Outline
Chapter 05 - Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775
I. Conquest by the Cradle 1. By 1775, Great Britain ruled 32 colonies in North America. * Only 13 of them revolted (the ones in what’s today the U.S.). * Canada and Jamaica were wealthier than the “original 13.” * All of them were growing by leaps and bounds. 2. By 1775, the population numbered 2.5 million people. 3. The average age was 16 years old (due mainly to having several children). 4. Most of the population (95%) was densely cooped up east of the Alleghenies, though by 1775, some had slowly trickled into Tennessee and Kentucky. 5. About 90% of the people lived in rural areas and were therefore farmers.
II. A Mingling of the Races 1. Colonial America, though mostly English, had other races as well. 2. Germans accounted for about 6% of the population, or about 150,000 people by 1775. * Most were Protestant (primarily Lutheran) and were called the “Pennsylvania Dutch” (a corruption of Deutsch which means German). 3. The Scots-Irish were about 7% of the population, with 175,000 people. * Over many decades, they had been transplanted to Northern Ireland, but they had not found a home there (the already existing Irish Catholics resented the intruders). * Many of the Scots-Irish reached America and became squatters, quarreling with both Indians and white landowners. * They seemed to try to move as far from Britain as possible, trickling down to Maryland, Virginia, and the Carolinas. * In 1764, the Scots-Irish led the armed march of the Paxton Boys. The Paxtons led a march on Philadelphia to protest the Quaker’ peaceful treatment of the Indians. They later started the North Carolina Regulator movement in the hills and mountains of the colony, aimed against domination by eastern powers in the colony. * They were known to be very hot-headed and independent minded. * Many eventually became American
I. Conquest by the Cradle 1. By 1775, Great Britain ruled 32 colonies in North America. * Only 13 of them revolted (the ones in what’s today the U.S.). * Canada and Jamaica were wealthier than the “original 13.” * All of them were growing by leaps and bounds. 2. By 1775, the population numbered 2.5 million people. 3. The average age was 16 years old (due mainly to having several children). 4. Most of the population (95%) was densely cooped up east of the Alleghenies, though by 1775, some had slowly trickled into Tennessee and Kentucky. 5. About 90% of the people lived in rural areas and were therefore farmers.
II. A Mingling of the Races 1. Colonial America, though mostly English, had other races as well. 2. Germans accounted for about 6% of the population, or about 150,000 people by 1775. * Most were Protestant (primarily Lutheran) and were called the “Pennsylvania Dutch” (a corruption of Deutsch which means German). 3. The Scots-Irish were about 7% of the population, with 175,000 people. * Over many decades, they had been transplanted to Northern Ireland, but they had not found a home there (the already existing Irish Catholics resented the intruders). * Many of the Scots-Irish reached America and became squatters, quarreling with both Indians and white landowners. * They seemed to try to move as far from Britain as possible, trickling down to Maryland, Virginia, and the Carolinas. * In 1764, the Scots-Irish led the armed march of the Paxton Boys. The Paxtons led a march on Philadelphia to protest the Quaker’ peaceful treatment of the Indians. They later started the North Carolina Regulator movement in the hills and mountains of the colony, aimed against domination by eastern powers in the colony. * They were known to be very hot-headed and independent minded. * Many eventually became American