4.3-4.12+colonial+notes

4.3 Life in Cities
 * 5% of colonists lived in cities
 * Waterfront, Marketplace, Shop
 * Noisy, smelly place
 * Homes close together on winding streets
 * Used torches in fireplace for light; fire was constant danger

4.4 Rights of Colonists
 * Colonists saw themselves as English citizens
 * King John signs “Magna Carta” : power of monarch (ruler) was limited & English people received right to participate in government
 * Parliament : law making body who has power to approve laws and taxes
 * English Bill of Rights : power to make laws and impose taxes
 * Glorious Revolution : victory for Parliament; victory for colonial assemblies

4.5 Crime and Punishment each colony had their own laws and punishments serious crimes punishable by death minor crimes were punishable by jailing, fines, and public humiliation Puritans had the strictest laws and some are still used they killed people whom they thought were witches

4.6 Class Differences moving up a class was difficult in England easy for a person to move up in America clothes show ranking middle class mostly made of farmers lower class mostly made out of slaves and unpaid servants

4.7 Life for African Americans by the early 1700s, there were slaves in every colony slaves helped raise crops slaves were traded for goods in the slave ship slave ships contained lots of slaves and some died in the travel slave masters demanded hard work, so some slaves threw rebellions

4.8 Religion Everyone tried to follow religion. Puritans had to go to the church on sundays. Services were held in the town meetinghouse. Services could be very long, sometimes lasting up to 5 hours. The Great Awakening was movement based on the idea that people had lost faith. The Great Awakening helped reduce religious control and discrimination.

4.9 Education

Middle and Southern colonies had no formal education but New England had some formal education. Small children learnt through a tutor while older children where sent far away to complete education. Middle Colonies had religious problems, making education slow. Puritans in New England had public school due to their religion. There were laws that towns with 50 families had to have a tutor and with 100 families had to have a school. Schools were small with not much resources.

4.10 Colonial Families

- concept of family has changed significantly - men and women married in early to mid-20s - men outnumbered women - families had seven-ten children - colonists’ lives focused mainly on families

4.11 Leisure

- combined work and play - children had simple toys - adults enjoyed several sports - fairs were held through colonies

4.12 Food

- colonists traded with Native Americans for food - meat was a favorite food - fruit was major food - thought vegetables were unhealthy - keeping food hot reduced the chances that it would spoil