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A Diverse Society

Chapter 1, Section 5 explores the diverse societal dynamics of early colonial America, focusing on population growth driven by large families and the influx of immigrants, including African slaves. It highlights the legal status of women, noting that married women had minimal rights while single women enjoyed more freedoms, especially in the Chesapeake region. Additionally, the chapter addresses medical challenges faced by colonists and the Great Awakening—a significant religious revival that shaped evangelical movements such as Methodism and Baptism in the 18th century.

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A Diverse Society

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  1. A Diverse Society Chapter 1, Section 5 SOL 3

  2. Population Growth • Large families • 7+ children in families!!!!! • Arrival of immigrants • Import of African slaves

  3. Status of Women • Married women little to no legal status • Single women have more rights • Women have the most rights in the Chesapeake region…. Because their were fewer women than men!

  4. Medicine • Many diseases/illnesses that killed colonists • Typhoid fever, malaria, cholera, diarrhea, flu, etc • Childbirth • Used herbal medicines • Doctors bled patients

  5. Immigrants • Pennsylvania • German – known as the Pennsylvania Dutch • Scotch-Irish • African slaves to the South- work force

  6. Great Awakening • A religious “revival” or movement • A response to the Enlightenment, which challenged the authority of the church • Jonathan Edwards- Massachusetts- “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” • George Whitefield- popular Anglican minister • Birth of evangelical religions- Methodists and Baptists • Early to Mid 1700s

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