Social Classes
What kinds of people belonged to the upper class?
Landowners, merchants, traders, some members of the clergy
How were husbands/fathers primarily expected to provide for their family?
Financially
They spent most of their days working and were often removed from the daily operations of the home.
Young boys often left their homes and live with someone who would teach them a trade. This is known as an
Apprenticeship
Puritans came to be known as what?
Congregationalists
They believed that members of the Church should be able to have a say in what happens with the church.
The movement in the 1700s that exalted rational thinking and reason was
The Enlightenment
Who were the two groups in the lower class who owned no land and had few material possessions?
Slaves and indentured servants
What kinds of hardships did the slave family face?
Diseases, harsh treatment, family separation, marriages not legally recognized
Some communities organized _____ schools, which taught Greek, Latin, and natural philosophy.
Grammar schools
In order to keep people in the church, Puritans created a doctrine where parents who are unbelievers cannot partake in the Lord's Supper, but their children can be baptized into the church. What is this doctrine called?
Half-Way Covenant
What preacher had such a powerful voice and influence that he usually had to preach outside to make room for the large crowds of listeners?
George Whitefield
What class of people made up the core of colonial society?
The middle class
They were the tradesmen, small farmers, clergymen, and shop keepers.
For women in the household, what was an all-day job for them if they had a family?
feeding/cooking
Preparing family meals was one of the most important tasks.
Which act required towns with 50 or more families to appoint a schoolmaster to teach children how to read/write?
Old Deluder Satan Act
Which religious group was initially not allowed to own land or businesses?
Jews
Who wrote the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?"
Jonathon Edward
The sermon called for people to repent and told them of the judgement of God. The sermon was so moving, that Jonathon Edwards had to stop every few minutes because the cries from the pew drowned out his preaching.
When an indentured servant completed their service, they would receive land and __________ ________, which included a new suit, ax, hoe, and cash.
freedom dues
The colonial home was the center of ______ activity and ______ activity.
Economic activity and social activity
The first college in the Colonies was
Harvard College.
Located in Cambridge, MA.
One of the biggest contributions the Moravians played in American history was that they influenced
American church music
Moravians used string, brass, and woodwind instruments.
__________ denied the deity of Christ, and instead taught that he was just a "good man."
Unitarianism
What kinds of things could social class determine?
Occupations, educational opportunities, voting rights, and even church seating
To the Puritans, the chief purpose of marriage was to raise a _________ family.
Godly
Most colonial children learned to read from a _____, which listed the alphabet and sometimes the Lord's Prayer.
Hornbook
Other religious groups were able to establish themselves in the South, but they had to pay taxes to the ________ Church and had to follow certain rules.
Anglican
During the Enlightenment, what philosophy believed that the Bible had to be tested by human reason, and discarded the parts of the Bible that goes against human reason, like miracles?
Deism