James A. Henretta
Eric Hinderaker
Rebecca Edwards
Robert O. Self
America’s History
Eighth Edition
America: A Concise History
Sixth Edition
CHAPTER 4
Growth, Diversity, and Conflict
1720–1763
Copyright © 2014 by Bedford/St. Martin’s
I. New England’s Freehold Society
A. Farm Families: Women in the Household Economy
1. Husband the head of the household
2. Wife as the “helpmate”
3. Motherhood
4. Restrictions
I. New England’s Freehold Society
B. Farm Property: Inheritance
1. Family authority
2. Children of wealthy parents
3. Marriage
4. Father’s duty
I. New England’s Freehold Society
C. Freehold Society in Crisis
1. Population increase
2. Changes in family life
3. “Household mode of production”
II. Diversity in the Middle Colonies
A. Economic Growth, Opportunity, and Conflict
1. Tenancy in New York
2. Conflict in the Quaker Colonies
II. Diversity in the Middle Colonies
B. Cultural Diversity
1. Religious and ethnic diversity
2. The German Influx
3. Scots-Irish Settlers
II. Diversity in the Middle Colonies
C. Religion and Politics
1. Religious diversity
III. Commerce, Culture, and Identity
A. Transportation and the Print Revolution
1. Improved transportation networks
2. Print revolution
III. Commerce, Culture, and Identity
B. The Enlightenment in America
1. The European Enlightenment
2. John Locke
3. Franklin’s Contributions
III. Commerce, Culture, and Identity
C. American Pietism and the Great Awakening
1. Pietism
2. New England Revivalism
3. Whitefield’s Great Awakening
III. Commerce, Culture, and Identity
D. Religious Upheaval in the North
1. Old Lights and New Lights
2. Challenges to authority
III. Commerce, Culture, and Identity
E. Social and Religious Conflict in the South
1. The Presbyterian Revival
2. The Baptist Insurgency
IV. The Midcentury Challenge: War,
Trade, and Social Conflict, 1750–1763
A. The French and Indian War
1. Conflict in the Ohio Valley
2. The Albany Congress
3. The War Hawks Win
IV. The Midcentury Challenge: War,
Trade, and Social Conflict, 1750–1763
B. The Great War for Empire
1. The Seven Years’ War
2. Pontiac’s Rebellion
IV. The Midcentury Challenge: War,
Trade, and Social Conflict, 1750–1763
C. British Industrial Growth and the Consumer
Revolution
1. Resources
2. American consumers
IV. The Midcentury Challenge: War,
Trade, and Social Conflict, 1750–1763
D. The Struggle for Land in the East
1. Land disputes
IV. The Midcentury Challenge: War,
Trade, and Social Conflict, 1750–1763
E. Western Rebels and Regulators
1. The South Carolina Regulators
2. Civil Strife in North Carolina