1. 18 Century
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Dr. Romero

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I. Early 18th Century
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II. Population Growth
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American Culture
Still very British
Regions still autonomous
Natural reproduction
Immigration
III. City life
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Urban centers by1785
Characteristics
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Well-planned

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IV. Rural Life
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Problems
Positive aspects
Families
Characteristics
V. Society
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Class differences
Political & colonial elites
 Dominated by wealthy
 Voting high
 Rise of colonial assemblies

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Women
 Single
 Married
 Doctrine of coverture
 Frontier
 Widows
Black Americans
 Population growth
 Free blacks
 Slaves
 City life
 Plantation life
 Manumission

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Contributions
 onesimus 1721
 Papan 1729
 Cesar 1751
 Derham 1762
 Banneker
VI. Economic Expansion
Mercantile System
 Navigation acts
 Colonial reaction
Results
VII. Transformation of the colonial character

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Enlightenment/ Age of reason
 Rational approach
 Human reasoning
 Benevolence of God asserted
Great awakening
 Religious movement
 Revivalist
 Old lights v. New lights
 effects

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Enlightenment/ Age of reason
 Rational approach
 Human reasoning
 Benevolence of God asserted
Great awakening
 Religious movement
 Revivalist
 Old lights v. New lights
 effects