HIST 105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: New England Colonies, British America, Economic Inequality
23 Feb 2016
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Sources of stability: new england colonies of the seventeenth century. Seventeenth-century new englanders migrated to america in family groups, ensuring that the raio of men to women remained roughly even, making it easier for young people to marry and start families. Stable marriage, together with new england"s healthy climate, led to rapid populaion growth. Englanders served as servants, most seventeenth-century colonists eventually acquired property. Most immigrants to the early chesapeake colonies were single young male indentured servants. Disease killed many of them shortly ater arriving. Men outnumbered women, making it diicult for free-men to marry. Because of the short life expectancy, marriages did not last long. Economic inequality and family instability contributed to poliical unrest. Slaves, especially those in the south, developed new creole languages that blended english with african languages. They established enduring kinship networks that helped miigate the hardships of slavery.
