Culture In Colonial America

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a) The population in the colonies were increasing a lot. Virginia, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Maryland had the highest population in 1775 a) In Colonial America there were many different races living there, such as Germans, Dutch, and Africans b) The Scots-Irish made up about seven percent of the population. Lots of the Scots-Irish deserted Ireland and made it to the Americas. They hated government authorities and they hated Britain. They led the Paxton boys march in 1764 a) There was a clear distinction between the poor and the rich. The rich profited from the wars that occurred in 1690s who were the merchant princes, while the downside was that there were more orphans. In the south …show more content…

• The Great Awakening caused people to rebel against the authoritative religion and caused people to have more of a personal connection with religion rather than just following it due to it leading to salvation • encouraged people to challenge authority • encouraged a concern for people to have more education so lots of universities were built • After the Great Awakening there was a concern for more education so people built lots of universities like the university of Pennsylvania • The Puritans wanted to create better Christians rather than good citizens • mostly males were the ones who would be able to go to receive an education • The culture in America was similar to the culture in Europe • the designs for architecture were brought from England to the Americas • Also due to the Zenger trial, there was a reason to why newspapers should have free speech • Either the governors who were elected by royalty were corrupt officials or actually good people • Most colonies were based on a two house legislative body • The assemblies made it so that a governor wouldn't get paid until the governor actually did what the people want • Most of America wasn't fully democratic but it was coming closer to full

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