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Family and social life for all Anglo-American colonists was colored by certain common conditions: a pre-industrial economy that put a premium on owning land, primitive knowledge of medicine by modern standards, and a social hierarchy shaped by the notion that God had ordained some to be rich and others poor. While these characteristics shaped life throughout the colonies, there were regional differences, especially between the two most ethnically English regions, the Chesapeake and New England.
The Chesapeake colonies were typically considered to have a more challenging environment, both physically and emotionally. Mortality rates in the Chesapeake were high, and most children had lost one or both parents before adolescence.
In the Chesapeake region, all white men and women were expected to marry. Women were expected to give birth, rear children, and manage the household. (Video is of high quality with slides and narration.)
Found by helpingnorth in Life in the Colonies
December 8, 2009 at 09:33 PM
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