Table of Contents
- 1 What was the primary cause of economic differences among the colonies in North America?
- 2 Why did cities have more artisans than the countryside?
- 3 What was the name of the wealthy colonial class?
- 4 What was life like in different colonial regions?
- 5 What was the middle class in the colonial era?
- 6 How are social classes determined in colonial times?
What was the primary cause of economic differences among the colonies in North America?
Geography, including regional differences in soils, rainfall, and growing seasons was the primary cause of economic differences among the colonies in North America. A result of the encounter between Europeans and Native Americans was that new diseases were spread to Native American populations.
Why did cities have more artisans than the countryside?
The climate soil and other resources influence how communities developed and the work they did. Why did cities have more artisans than the countryside? Because there were more people , more money at the city, so artisans could find enough costumers to makea living.
What distinguished colonial social class?
In Colonial America, there were three main social classes. They were the gentry, the middle class, and the poor. The highest class was the gentry. They could vote.
What was the name of the wealthy colonial class?
the gentry
British Americans’ reliance on indentured servitude and slavery to meet the demand for colonial labor helped give rise to a wealthy colonial class—the gentry—in the Chesapeake tobacco colonies and elsewhere.
What was life like in different colonial regions?
Notable differences are found in the way social life was structured among regions. For the people of the South, life emerged as rugged and rural while people of the North are heavily connected to the Church and village community.
What was the lowest class in colonial society?
Some of the middle class could potentially become part of the gentry if they were able to amass more property. At the lowest social class in Colonial society were the poor. The lower class was made up of laborers, sailors, servants and slaves.
What was the middle class in the colonial era?
The middle class during the Colonial era was made up of people who were not as wealthy as the gentry. Among the middle class were also professionals like doctors, lawyers, shop owners, farmers and skilled workers such as craftsmen, mill workers, blacksmiths, silversmiths, cobblers, tailors and woodworkers.
The social classes during the Colonial times were determined by wealth, land ownership and job titles. One’s ranking in society also determined his political, legal and societal privileges.