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What was the average age of an indentured servants in the american colonies?
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How has the American household changed since 1970?
According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census 2007I: in the united states, for example, throu8ghout the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries the average household size was 4.75 persons. The current average is 2.57, however, the earlier figures includes domestic servants.
What was the average temperature in the New England colonies?
75
How was the formal education for average children in the southern colonies?
For the average child in the southern colonies, almost no formal education was forthcoming. There were few schools and most would not allow any poor children to attend.
What was the average age of the American colonists in 1775?
The average age of the American colonists was 16 years old.
How did the presence of slavery vary in the different colonies?
In the beginning we find that slavery was in all colonies.. yet the first slaves were basically indentured servants meaning: after a set agreed period of time the person would be freed.. in most cases it was anywhere from 4 to 5 years... However, that could be a life time in the early years of the New World... since the average life span was only 6 years after arriving due to the harsh environment (bears, mountain lions and the occasional hair cut from a native American) not to mention diseases and radical climate change.. that the new settlers had to adapt to... After the early colonies were civilized and people started living longer especially in the southern colonies indentured slaves was not as economically vibrate as it once was...since people (including yourself) were living longer... so you would continue to needed slaves..to work your land meaning that you would have to get new ones every five years... To say it a different way-- A white slave and a black slave lived the same amount of time during the early years of America... so black slaves being more expensive then white ones it would be better to buy a white one.. since life expectancy was short for both of them... Yet when life expectancy became longer ....the southern colonies started getting African slaves.. -- it is important to remember that even after the first slaves arrived still the vast majority of slaves through out the colonies were from Europe. (Scots, Irish, or Germans).. Slavery in the New England and Middle colonies slowly evaporated due to economic reasons... in others words free labor would of hurt the colonial people from Europe... causing mass unemployment ... hurting the local economy.. plus Irish and other immigrants worked just a little over slave wages and you didn't have to feed and shelter them. The Southern colonies had fewer people.. so there was a need for a ready labor force (forced or not)... and slaves fit this bill nicely...
What was the distribution of wealth in colonial Maryland?
In the English American colonies, the white southern planters were the wealthiest. Their wealth was double that of the Northern colonies. They tended to own more land and have slaves. The Northern landowners were far from poor, however, and the standard of living and average wealth per person in the colonies eclipsed that of their British counterparts. The disparity of wealth was in terms of land. Landowners tended to be wealthy, whereas the landless, who were usually poor farmers, indentured servants or slaves, were at the bottom of the colonial hierarchy.
How did the fact that people began living longer in the colonies affect the attitudes towards labor?
People didn't live longer than their peers in other places. The average age for death for men in the 1700's was the 50's. Women have always lived a bit longer unless they died in childbirth and many did. Children in the colonies did have better nutrition so grew stronger and taller than their peers, but many children died of common childhood diseases like measles or smallpox. Therefore, your question can not be answered since the assumption that people lived longer made an effect on labor in the colonies. There was a shortage of workers so many people indentured themselves to get to the colonies. So many contracts were made that auctions were held where the indentured contract was bought and sold. Indentured people could blend in with the population and break their contract so the shipping of slaves began as early as 1619 to use as a labor force.
How has the American household changed since 1970?
According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census 2007I: in the united states, for example, throu8ghout the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries the average household size was 4.75 persons. The current average is 2.57, however, the earlier figures includes domestic servants.
What was the average temperature in the New England colonies?
75
What puropose does having the servants in Romeo and Juliet argue serve?
By showing the servants brawling, Shakespeare demonstrates that the conflict has grown from the animosity of the families to their retainers, and even spilling over into the streets with average citizens.
What does the average American use 7of a year?
The average American uses 7 prostitutes a year...on average.
What is the average percent of rain fall in the southern colonies?
60%
How much money does the average American have?
well the average American makes $35,000-$75,000
How old is the average American home?
The average American home is 79 years old.
What is the average pay of an American worker?
the average American works for under 8$ an hour.
What is the average age of an American car?
the average age of an American car is 6 years
What is the average weight of the north American raccoon?
what is the average weight of the north American raccoon
