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This is a 5 page paper that provides an overview of life in Colonial America. Issues such as slavery, Puritanism, and family life are explored. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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the family unit actually had a chance to grow and develop in New England society thanks to a lifestyle that was on the whole healthier and more prosperous than that
experienced in the South. Diseases such as dysentery, typhoid, and malaria were rampant in the tropical climes of the South, and "cut... ten years off the life expectancy of newcomers"
to the colonies (Kennedy, Cohen, & Bailey, 2011). Because most Southern immigrants did not live beyond the age of 20, there was little opportunity for families to develop in any
traditional sense; indeed men outnumbered women six to one, and the majority of parents died before their children were grown. By contrast, the family unit was a much more
important cultural force in the New England colonies because "clean water and cool temperatures" prevented the rampant spread of disease that ravaged settlers in the south (Kennedy, Cohen, & Bailey,
2011). Because of the less harsh conditions, whole families tended to immigrate to New England colonies and thrive there, living longer, and reproducing more often. The continuity of family across
generations enabled the transmission of cultural ideals, such as Puritanism, from one generation to the next, and the family unit was soon culturally established as a center for "moral guidance"
in the lives of New England colonists. 2.) Why did slavery grow to be such an important institution in colonial America? What were the effects of slavery on
the Africans who were brought to the New World? Slavery grew to be an important institution in colonial America primarily because the economic development of colonies proceeded in
such a way as to make it the most economically viable solution to the continued support and expansion of colonial settlements. The earliest settlers in areas such as the Chesapeake
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