demographics
POPULATION: 32,000 in 1726
TYPE OF PEOPLE: People who wanted religious freedom and land
MEN/WOMEN PERCENTAGE: 47% Women, 8% African Americans, 45% Men/Children
ETHNIC/RELIGIOUS MAKEUP: Most Democratic system in the English empire, attracted a large number of Puritans, Dutch Protestants and Quakers. If you were rich, then odds are your education was better.
EDUCATION: Depended on their wealth, class, and gender. It had Latin Grammar schools, private schools and colleges. Education was important, if the kids werent able to go to school, their parents or older kids would teach them. Girls learned how to keep a house and social skills. Boys would learn how to trade and other skills.
Mostly men worked as carpenters and blacksmiths, while women worked farms, bakeries, and/or drugstores.
TYPE OF PEOPLE: People who wanted religious freedom and land
MEN/WOMEN PERCENTAGE: 47% Women, 8% African Americans, 45% Men/Children
ETHNIC/RELIGIOUS MAKEUP: Most Democratic system in the English empire, attracted a large number of Puritans, Dutch Protestants and Quakers. If you were rich, then odds are your education was better.
EDUCATION: Depended on their wealth, class, and gender. It had Latin Grammar schools, private schools and colleges. Education was important, if the kids werent able to go to school, their parents or older kids would teach them. Girls learned how to keep a house and social skills. Boys would learn how to trade and other skills.
Mostly men worked as carpenters and blacksmiths, while women worked farms, bakeries, and/or drugstores.