By the 1750 the American colonies had matured considerably. What were the key ways in which the colonial society of this era (1700-1750) differed from that of the early 16th century (1600-1650). You should consider key economic, political, and social ch

Big plantations

were put up by wealthy landowners of the southern colonies who also engaged in hunting . This agrarian culture effectively put to an end the perennial hunger of the previous decade . There is a marked difference in the educational setup of the two eras . The early sixteenth century saw nothing much of formal education . Public schools were established and grammar schools became common place between 1700 and 1750

College education gained value and in effect Yale College was founded in 1701 . Later , a pioneer journal was published and the freedom

of the press and liberties was enacted (Schlesinger , 1993 . The era of 1600-1650 had witnessed a culture of ignorance and disenfranchisement coupled with religious and cultural intolerance . Impunity went unpunished resulting in many killings and murders with anti-establishment figures being banished or executed

The society of the 1700-1750 era led a different lifestyle compared to that of

1600-1650 .These people were a lot more economically stable (Gipson 1936-1970 . A pointer to this is their love for fashion and big life contrary to their early sixteenth century counterparts where starvation and hard labor punctuated their lives . The former had enough to spend and spare and even dress well owing to a healthy economy while the latter barely managed to scrape through life

The Great Awakening movement by Jonathan Edwards in the 1730s and 1740sdemonstrates a great difference in religious faiths of the two eras as he calls his group

`new lights ' and the previous religions `old lights . With this evangelistic movement , the religious and social orientation changes and differs greatly from that of the 1600 - 1650 era REFERENCES

Adams , Truslow . J [1921] . The Founding of New England . Atlantic Monthly Press

New York

Gipson , L [1936-1970] The British Empire Before the American Revolution (15 volumes ) Pulitzer Prize

Schlesinger , Jr , Arthur M...