Chapter 4 Section 2- Colonial Society

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Class Notes: 1. What were the characteristics of colonial society (slide 4)

People in England’s colonies had a heritage of ______and other shared characteristics that created a ______culture among the colonists.

Some of those shared characteristics were an emphasis on ______, hard work, and clearly______. Gender roles means----

2. In colonial America, many people lived with their ______(slide 5)

Most colonists lived on farms, where having a ______was an advantage because many people were needed to do ______.

Most farms were isolated, so it was important for families to ______.

3. In farmhouses, which were made of ______and had few rooms, people used planks or mattresses of ______for beds. (slide 6) In the New England and Middle colonies, winters______, and often the only source of heat was a ______in the kitchen.

4. Many ______gathered in the colonies’ cities and towns, where it was easier for them to live. (slide 7)

In Puritan New England, single men and women were expected to live with a family as a ______.

5. In the colonies, ______generally took on different roles. (slide 8)

If men were not farmers, they worked as carpenters, ______, ______, ______or in other trades.

A husband and father was the ______of his family, and he controlled his family’s income and property.

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The lives of colonial women were different from the lives of American women today.

Colonial Society 7. A colonial woman often bore her husband many children, and childcare took up much of her time. (slide 10)

Her other domestic responsibilities included cooking, laundry, making cloth and ______, ______, ______, and preserving food.

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Other Roles of Women

On Farms • A woman might help plow, pitch hay, or do other chores, especially if she lived on the western frontier.

In Towns • A woman might keep a shop or an inn or work as a baker, a printer, or even an undertaker.

In Public • Because they could not vote or hold office, Life women had little or no role in public life.

• But on the western and southern frontiers, once in a while women participated in government in an advisory capacity.

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9. If they survived infancy, colonial children ______before they were required to work. (slide 12)

Children often played games such as______and ______, and they played with toys such as homemade dolls and tops.

10. By the age of seven, most children did household or farm chores, or, if they were poor, they might ______in other families. (slide 13) When they got older, boys learned how to farm from their fathers, while girls learned how to keep house from their mothers.

Boys who were learning trades began as ______and then worked independently.

11. In Europe, land was the______, but only a small number of people owned it. (slide14)