APUSH Outline
APUSH Outline Ch. 4
I. American Life in the Seventeenth Century (1607 - 1692)
• During the seventeenth century the colonies were thriving and held together by Atlantic economy. Though still attached to England, the way of life in America was completely different from lifestyle in England. Even in America the differences throughout the colonies were obvious. Everyone had to adapt to new way of life. The Indians, the Europeans, and African slaves had to learn to adjust. o This was a period of adaptation for the people and evolution in a government away from its Motherland had begun.
A. The Unhealthy Chesapeake
1. English colonists were learning to adjust to a completely new environment.
a. Disease struck them harshly
1) Few people lived …show more content…
Puritans were running their own churches and creating new congregations.
1) Puritans manifested democracy in their voting process
2) They established Harvard College
I. The Half-Way Covenant and the Salem Witch Trials
1. As the population grew Puritans began to disperse and were losing control of the Church.
a. The half-way covenant was created to convert, but not into “full communion,” other people.
1) This blurred the distinction between the “elect” and others.
b. The persecution of witches also came around when a group of teen girls in Salem declared that they had been bewitched by some women.
1) That’s how the Salem Witch Trials began.
2) Salem grew to be highly superstitious.
3) When the wife of the governor was accused of witchcraft, he ended all witch trials.
J. The New England Way of Life
1. New Englanders were greatly affected by climate. The climate manifested its protest against manipulation after harsh winters.
a. The soil was filled with pebbles and stones which did not allow for facilitated cultivation.
b. Summers were scorching hot and winters were freezing cold.
c. Native Americans left an imprint on the New England
I. American Life in the Seventeenth Century (1607 - 1692)
• During the seventeenth century the colonies were thriving and held together by Atlantic economy. Though still attached to England, the way of life in America was completely different from lifestyle in England. Even in America the differences throughout the colonies were obvious. Everyone had to adapt to new way of life. The Indians, the Europeans, and African slaves had to learn to adjust. o This was a period of adaptation for the people and evolution in a government away from its Motherland had begun.
A. The Unhealthy Chesapeake
1. English colonists were learning to adjust to a completely new environment.
a. Disease struck them harshly
1) Few people lived …show more content…
Puritans were running their own churches and creating new congregations.
1) Puritans manifested democracy in their voting process
2) They established Harvard College
I. The Half-Way Covenant and the Salem Witch Trials
1. As the population grew Puritans began to disperse and were losing control of the Church.
a. The half-way covenant was created to convert, but not into “full communion,” other people.
1) This blurred the distinction between the “elect” and others.
b. The persecution of witches also came around when a group of teen girls in Salem declared that they had been bewitched by some women.
1) That’s how the Salem Witch Trials began.
2) Salem grew to be highly superstitious.
3) When the wife of the governor was accused of witchcraft, he ended all witch trials.
J. The New England Way of Life
1. New Englanders were greatly affected by climate. The climate manifested its protest against manipulation after harsh winters.
a. The soil was filled with pebbles and stones which did not allow for facilitated cultivation.
b. Summers were scorching hot and winters were freezing cold.
c. Native Americans left an imprint on the New England