APUSH colonial society

Layout of Southern plantation

Large fields where enslaved worked, main house where family lives, enslaved people quarters, work buildings(barns, storage buildings, kitchens, workshops), gardens, field for livestock

Southern familial patterns affected by slavery

Had a patriarchal family where oldest male gets responsiibility, had large families linked to property and status, families with plantations were wealthy and built on slavery, and inheritance of slaves and land formed an upper class society

Patterns and impacts of Southern plantation owners

Women were a minority, and schools werent common. There were social class divisions between plantation owners and the rest, and the need for slave labor helped fuel the Civil War. Rice and tobacco production created an agricultural economy

Hardships of Southern plantation owners

Uniqueness: Wealthy through tobacco, rice, indigo farms. Held significant political power, provided forced labor on their plantations
Motives: Sought wealth through growing and selling cash crops, gain new land, take advantage of overseas trade
Hardships: harsh weather, disease, bad farming conditions, financial risk

NE Puritans background info

Puritans facing relgiious prosecution in England, flee to NE. Read bible and settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts. John Winthrop declared MA would be "city upon a hill"

Typical layout of NE Puritan town

White Church in the center of town, 50-60 families with farming and living plots for each family. Meeting houses, burying grounds, town commons, schoolhouses

Primogeniture

Inheritance system where oldest son got all property. NE Puritans first colony to reject system, did not want to concentrate wealth into few people.

Partible inheritance

Opposite of primogeniture(oldest still gets double)

Governing NE towns

Gov heavily influenced by church, high influence over members. Had religious rules but many dissenters (Roger Williams, Thomas Hooker)

Halfway covent system

2nd gen Puritans weren't considered converted(converted by chosen by God) but could go through halfway covent system where they get rights in church

Gender ratio in NE

Gender ratio balanced, so women married young but needed dowries. They didn't get to choose their spouses and were expected to be modest and submissive, many had large families and less women were widows

Family patterns of NE women

Women had children early and up until their 30s, raised 6-8 children on average. Wife was expected to be devoted to household, and white parents usually lived to see children and grandchildren grow

Little commonwealth

Puritanism had high value in families, principal economic and religious units