What were the four social classes of the American colonies?

Answer 1

Social class of the New England colonies weren't quite as drastic as that of the Chesapeake colonies. At the top were the clergymen, as New England life typically centered around religion, usually Puritan. Then came the white men, who generally owned small farms or businesses and had a family. Naturally, after that came the women, who were expected to give birth to and raise the children. At the bottom were the (very few) black slaves. Social classes were fairly equal, and the only difference between classes were the level of responsibility each had to the community.

Financially, the classes went similarly to ours today, based on wealth and possessions, with an upper, middle, and lower class.

Answer 2

The social classes were divided legal and socially between three groups called estates: The first estate was of the clergy. The second was of the nobility, and the third was everyone else: peasants, merchants, lawyers, industrial workers, artisans, etc...

Answer 3

- low population density à continued at a slightly higher rate

- immobile à rate of migration increased

- wealth is widely distributed à concentration of wealth increases (social polarization )

- land is plentiful à land is not plentiful have to fight off the native Americans

Answer 4

The Main Class for the Americans (Patriots) we that exactly. They were mainly peasants, merchants and industrial workers.

The British on the other hand were the soldiers, priests, and people of higher class.

Answer 5

The four social classes of the American Colonies were:

The Creoles, Mestizos, Peninsulars & Mulattoes.

Answer 6

Estates