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13 Colonies Notes
Study Cards Of Colonial Social Structure Notes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What played an important role in colonial America? | The family played an important role in colonial America |
| What did many people live with? | Many people lived with their extended families (grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins). |
| This was especially true to what? | This was especially true of the many colonists who lived on farms. |
| What were farms widely separated from? | Farms were widely separated from one another. |
| Therefore large families were a what? | Therefore large families were an advantage and they needed to be closely knit and self-sufficient. |
| Each family member had many what? | Each family member had many responsibilities. |
| In the few towns and cities, while it was easier for single people to sustain themselves, family ties were still held in what? | In the few towns and cities, while it was easier for single people to sustain themselves, family ties were still held in high regard. |
| What was it with the lives of men, women and small children during this time? | The lives of men, women and small children differed greatly during this time. |
| Even where families had to labor together to survive, the roles each family member took was what? | Even where families had to labor together to survive, the roles each family member took depended on their gender. |
| On farms, men were generally in charge of what? | On farms, men were generally in charge of the tending of crops and maintaining the farm. |
| If they were craftsmen what jobs would they have? | If they were craftsmen they were carpenters, joiners, wheelwrights, butchers, shoemakers, etc. |
| The husband and father controlled a family's what, and other family members were expected to accept what? | The husband and father controlled a family's income and property, and other family members were expected to accept his authority. |
| What did only men represent? | Only men represented their families in public life as voters or office holders. |
| What were women expected to do? | Women were expected to marry men chosen by their parents, not for love. |
| The man's property, status, and religion were all taken into what? | The man's property, status, and religion were all taken into account. |
| What did a women's property and money become? | A women's property and money became her husband's. |
| What did a women often bore? | A women often bore her husband many children and childcare was her responsibility. |
| Women had many domestic duties as well including what? | Women had many domestic duties as well including, cooking, doing laundry, spinning yarn and making clothing. |
| Some also had farm duties such as what? | Some also had farm duties such as maintaining a garden, milking cows, tending the chickens, churning butter, etc. |
| Sometimes the gender roles blurred depending on what? | Sometimes the gender roles blurred depending on where the family was. |
| On the far frontier, women might help men do what? | On the far frontier, women might help men plow or pitch hay. |
| What would women might keep as a job? | Women might keep a shop or inn, work as a printer, baker or even an undertaker. |
| What would men sometimes help women with? | Sometimes men would help women make cloth if needed. |
| What did women have little or nothing of? | Women had little or no role in public life. |
| What couldn't women do? | They couldn't vote or hold office. |
| If they survived infancy, colonial children only had what? | If they survived infancy, colonial children only had about seven years before they were required to do work. |
| What could children do during this time? | During this time they could play and they would play many games we are still familiar with: marbles, hopscotch, leapfrog and jump rope. |
| The toys they played with were usually what? | The toys they played with were usually homemade. |
| What would the girls and boys play with? | Girls would play with dolls made from corn husk and scraps of cloth, while the boys might build small houses from corn cobs, and spinning tops would be made from leftover wood and string. |
| By the age of seven, what were most children expected to do? | By the age of seven, most children were expected to work. |
| What would children might do for work? | They might do household or farm chores. |
| What would children of very poor families might become? | Children of very poor families might become servants to other families. |
| What were children expected to do on farms? | On farms, children were expected to fetch water and wood, and help in the kitchen and fields, and older boys worked in the fields with their fathers while older girls labored with their mothers learning to run a household. |
| What would boys who learned a trade become? | Boys who would learn a trade became an apprentice and would live with the master artisan while learning the trade. |
| Many Europeans came to America hoping to do what? | Many Europeans came to America hoping to build a better life than they could have in Europe. |
| What was the land in Europe? | In Europe, land was the main measure of wealth and land there was in the hands of a very few. |
| What did America appear to have land in? | America appeared to have land in abundance and the thought of owning land was appealing to many possible immigrants. |
| Also, in Europe, a person's status was determined by what? | Also, in Europe, a person's status was determined by birth. |
| What happened to the to the wealthy? | The born to the wealthy, generally stayed wealthy. |
| What did those born poor have? | Those born poor had very few opportunities to improve their status. |
| In colonial America, while there were class distinctions, there tended to be more what? | In colonial America, while there were class distinctions, there tended to be more social equality among white settlers, and opportunities to improve one's status. |
| The experience of colonists in America's depended not just on what? | The experience of colonists in America's depended not just on gender as we have already seen, but also on their social status. |
| Social status or hierarchy is a system of what? | Social status or hierarchy is a system of social organization in which some individuals are thought of as higher in status and often have more power, wealth, and standard of living than those in lower "ranks." |
| How were colonists ranked? | Colonists were ranked based on their financial capacity (wealth), their jobs and/or land ownership. |
| One's social class determined what? | One's social class determined political and legal rights, personal attire (clothing), even church seating. |
| What were the four main social classes in colonial America? | In colonial America there were four main social classes: Gentry (wealthy), Middle class, Lower class (poor), and indentured servants and slaves. |
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