Lesson on Tuesday, September 11, 2018

CHAPTER 4: GROWTH, DIVERSITY, AND CONFLICT 1720-1763

Aim: In what ways were Britain's American colonies affected by events across the Atlantic, and how were their societies taking on a life of their own?

Bell Ringer: Chapter 3 Review Questions, #5 / A: By 1681, the Restoration Colonies had been established. Settlement efforts in the colonies affected relations between France and Britain and her colonies. As relations deteriorated, the colonies appealed to Britain to aid them with settlement, which was becoming difficult because of Native American resistance.

Timeline: Key Turning Points / A: These developments reflect a shift after the Glorious Revolution in British priorities from political control to economic gain. In political matters (salutary neglect, rise of the assemblies), Parliament withdrew oversight and a great deal of control. In economic matters (Hat, Molasses, Iron, and Currency Acts), Parliament exercised greater oversight and control.

Objectives:

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Agenda:

1. Pop Quiz 4.1 (10 min)

A. What is the term used in this section to describe "renters" of land, or propertyless workers who farmed the land.

B. Throughout this section, tension was created because it seemed that most settlers or immigrants from the British isles sought to possess this, but it was increasingly difficult to attain. What was this?



NEW ENGLAND'S FREEHOLD SOCIETY (CUL, NAT)

2. Journal 21 - What ideas, institutions, and responsibilities shaped New England farm women's lives?

*Women in the Household Economy (CUL)
*Farm Property: Inheritance (CUL, WXT, GEO)
*Freehold Society in Crisis (CUL, GEO)

3. Journal 22 - What factors threatened the freeholder ideal in midcentury New England, and what strategies did farming families use to preserve this ideal?

4. Thinking Like a Historian 4 or catch up on reading.

Terms to know: tenant, competency, 



Home Learning:

1. Read pages 120-126

2. Journal 23 - What attracted German and Scots-Irish migrants to Pennsylvania in such large numbers?

3. Tomorrow you will be asked to present to the class a section of tonight's reading. Be ready to present your section. You will find out what section you are assigned on the day of. 



Answers for Pop Quiz 4.1

1. tenants
2. land, property


Journal responses:

J21 / A: The church and government reinforced patriarchal values wherein a man possessed authority over his wife and children. Women raised children, cared for the home, and practiced the domestic arts of weaving, spinning, and gardening. Wives were seen as helpmates rather than equals. Their lives were circumscribed to the home, whereas men could engage in the public world of politics, law, and the church.

J22 / A: The freeholder ideal was threatened by New England's rapid population growth. As family farms were divided and then subdivided for offspring, most parents ended up being able to only provide one child with an adequate inheritance. As a result, families had less control of their children's lives. Increasing numbers of young adults opted to engage in premarital sex and then use the urgency of pregnancy to win permission to marry. To preserve the freeholder ideal, parents started to use birth control to limit the size of their families. petitioned the provincial government for frontier land grants, and migrated to the frontier in search of land. Others improved their farms' productivity by planting high-yielding crops like potatoes and maize and by engaging in the household mode of production, whereby families swapped labor and goods.