LIFE IN THE COLONIES TRADES OCCUPATIONS Artisans skilled

TRADES & OCCUPATIONS • Artisans – skilled craftsmen built quality goods • Printers –

WOMEN IN THE COLONIES • Under Law, men had all control over women •

COLONIAL EDUCATION • Puritans believed everyone should read the Bible • Laws established for

INDENTURED SERVANTS • • Came to colonies under a contract The Contract: Master paid

ODE TO THE VIRGINIAN VOYAGE (1619) • When as the luscious smell Of that

INDENTURED SERVANTS • The agreement could also be an exchange for professional training: after

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LIFE IN THE COLONIES

TRADES & OCCUPATIONS • Artisans – skilled craftsmen built quality goods • Printers – Created & spread literature to the colonies - Poor Richard’s Almanac • Farmers & Fisherman – developed the land & agriculture

WOMEN IN THE COLONIES • Under Law, men had all control over women • In reality, men & women depended on each other • Women ran the household & were public in community affairs • Shared tools & child raising duties • HOUSEHOLD GOAL: to be self-sufficient

COLONIAL EDUCATION • Puritans believed everyone should read the Bible • Laws established for public education • By 1759, 8 Colleges/Universities established in New England

INDENTURED SERVANTS • • Came to colonies under a contract The Contract: Master paid for travel costs Indentured Servant had to work for X amount of years Look at page 47

ODE TO THE VIRGINIAN VOYAGE (1619) • When as the luscious smell Of that delicious land, Above the seas that flows, The clear wind throws, Your hearts to swell Approaching the dear strand, In kenning of the shore, Thanks to God first given, O you, the happi'st men, Be frolic then, Let cannons roar, Frighting the wide heaven. And in regions far Such heroes bring ye forth As those from whom we came, And plant our name Under that star Not known unto our north.

INDENTURED SERVANTS • The agreement could also be an exchange for professional training: after being the indentured servant to a blacksmith for several years, one would expect to work as a blacksmith on one's own account after the period was over • At the end of the allotted time, an indentured servant was to be given a new suit of clothes and set loose. • Women who got pregnant were subjected to additional time on their contracts. Typically, one year for each child. • Criminals used I. S. to avoid jail time in England & Ireland • Inhumane conditions of Irish ships were know as “coffin ships” • Common people in debt would sign up to avoid debt collectors, unless the debt would follow them to the New World