Apush Chapter 3 Notes
THE SHAPE OF EARLY AMERICA
A. Early American Settlers
• Came from the British Isles
• Puritans who settled in Massachusetts
• Wealthy Royalist cavaliers and their indentured servants migrated to Virginia
• Quakers migrated to the Delaware Valley colonies of West Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware
B. British folkways brought to the New World
• People in the South prefer fried foods- same as southern and western England
• People in the hollows of Appalachia who manufactured “moonshine” are doing the same as their ancestors did in the borderlands of northern Britain
C. Seaboard ecology
1. Indian modifications o Indians burned forests and dense undergrowth in order to provide cropland o “Slash-and-burn” describes the migratory agriculture used by the Indians. They would use the same land for 7-8 years (until the nutrients depletes) and then they move on to new land o This is turn created rich soil and ideal grazing ground for animals
2. European attitudes toward nature o Viewed natural resources as privately owned commodities to be sold for profit
3. Transplanted animals transform the environment o Created a new landscape of fields, meadows, fences, barns, and houses o Domesticated animals brought to new world: pigs, sheep, cattle, and horses. Animal crowding forced more deforestation
D. Population patterns
1. Rapid population growth o Population grew rapidly o Land was plentiful and cheap; labor was scarce and dear
2. Earlier marriage age in the colonies o When labor was scarce, children would lend a hand, once they grew up they would find their own land. This caused colonists to marry and start new families at an early age.
3. Lower death rates in the colonies o Because women married and bore children at a younger age, they had a few more years to bore more children than those in Europe who married at an older age o Lower death rates in result of plenty of food, firewood was plentiful (for winters), Americans were less susceptible to
A. Early American Settlers
• Came from the British Isles
• Puritans who settled in Massachusetts
• Wealthy Royalist cavaliers and their indentured servants migrated to Virginia
• Quakers migrated to the Delaware Valley colonies of West Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware
B. British folkways brought to the New World
• People in the South prefer fried foods- same as southern and western England
• People in the hollows of Appalachia who manufactured “moonshine” are doing the same as their ancestors did in the borderlands of northern Britain
C. Seaboard ecology
1. Indian modifications o Indians burned forests and dense undergrowth in order to provide cropland o “Slash-and-burn” describes the migratory agriculture used by the Indians. They would use the same land for 7-8 years (until the nutrients depletes) and then they move on to new land o This is turn created rich soil and ideal grazing ground for animals
2. European attitudes toward nature o Viewed natural resources as privately owned commodities to be sold for profit
3. Transplanted animals transform the environment o Created a new landscape of fields, meadows, fences, barns, and houses o Domesticated animals brought to new world: pigs, sheep, cattle, and horses. Animal crowding forced more deforestation
D. Population patterns
1. Rapid population growth o Population grew rapidly o Land was plentiful and cheap; labor was scarce and dear
2. Earlier marriage age in the colonies o When labor was scarce, children would lend a hand, once they grew up they would find their own land. This caused colonists to marry and start new families at an early age.
3. Lower death rates in the colonies o Because women married and bore children at a younger age, they had a few more years to bore more children than those in Europe who married at an older age o Lower death rates in result of plenty of food, firewood was plentiful (for winters), Americans were less susceptible to