Life Expectancy,
Birthrate, Males to Females, and Black Population and Proportion to Whites
Issue |
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI) |
Middle Colonies (DE, NY, NJ, PA) |
South (GA, MD, NC, SC, VA) |
What was the difference in population in New
England and the South? |
Life expectancy = 70 (high for England). |
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Life expectancy = 40 |
Population increases 1650-1700 = 4X (Family = 6 to
8 children to maturity) |
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Death rate = 1 in 4 dead in infancy; 1 in 2 dead
before 20 |
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Male to female = 6 of 10 (early period), or a ratio
of 3 males to 2 females |
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Male to female = 7.5 of 10 (early period), or a
ratio of 3 males to 1 female |
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What was the proportion of
blacks to whites in the three colonial regions in 1763? |
Blacks - 16,000 Example: 3% MA |
Blacks - 29,000 Example: 8% PA |
Blacks - 205,000 Example: 40% VA, 60% Carolina (South) |
Specifics on
Indentured Servants and Headright by the 1720s
Issue |
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI) |
Middle Colonies (DE, NY, NJ, PA) |
South (GA, MD, NC, SC, VA) |
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Where did the indentured servants who came before and after the 1670s go? |
After 1670s, indentured servants immigrated primarily to northern
colonies. Think about it: the Middle Colonies still have available land to
buy and opportunity for work as indentured servants on farms or in towns. |
Before 1670s, 7-8.5 of 10 colonists were indentured |
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What were early landowning patterns (an issue on
the economy as well)? |
Common decisions by families about land use. |
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Early Headright (land) VA, MD But by the 1720s: ·
40-50% - white families with no land ·
5% - wealthy with large land
holdings |
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Specifics on slavery
Issue |
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI) |
Middle Colonies (DE, NY, NJ, PA) |
South (GA, MD, NC, SC, VA) |
What was the population distribution of planters
and slaves? |
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Slaves in ·
Eastern NJiron work ·
Narragansett region of RI |
Ratio planter to # of slaves/servants: ·
1600s, 1 to usually under 30 ·
Early 1700s, 1 to 10-50+ Early 1700s, slaves and plantation size: ·
Ύ on plantations of 10+ slaves
·
½ on plantations of 50+ slaves
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What was the slave response (or white fear of
response)? |
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NY 1712 arson 9 whites dead. Later 13 slaves,
hanged; 3, burned at stake; 6, suicide. NY 1741 arson rumored by blacks/poor whites.
Trial: 30+ executed (13 blacks burned alive; 18 black/4
whites hanged) 70+ banished |
1739 SC Stono Rebellion:
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Rebellion by 100-150 blacks;
killed some whites ·
Were themselves killed in
transit their heads placed on pikes along the roads to terrify others |
New England ·
CT Connecticut ·
ME Maine ·
MA Massachusetts ·
NH New Hampshire
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Middle Colonies ·
DE Delaware ·
NY New York ·
NJ New Jersey ·
PA Pennsylvania |
South ·
GA Georgia ·
MD Maryland ·
NC North Carolina ·
SC South Carolina
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