Main Themes 1. How the colonial population grew and diversified. 2. How the colonial economy expanded to meet the needs of this rapidly growing population. 3. The emergence of a particularly American "mind and spirit."
| Learning Objectives A thorough study of Chapter Three should enable the student to understand: |
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The disagreement among historians concerning the origins of slavery. |
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The sources of colonial labor, including indentured servants, women, and imported Africans. |
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Immigration patterns and their effect on colonial development. |
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How patterns of birth and death influenced and reflected cultural development in the colonies |
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The ways in which factors of soil and climate determined the commercial and agricultural development of the colonies, despite crown attempts to influence production. |
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The emergence of the plantation system, and its impact on southern society. |
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The New England witchcraft episode as a reflection of the Puritan society. |
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The reasons for the appearance of a variety of religious sects in the colonies, and the effect of the Great Awakening on the colonists. |
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The beginnings of colonial industry and commerce, and the early attempts at regulation by Parliament. |
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The ways in which colonial literature, education, science, law, and justice were diverging from their English antecedents. |