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9 Cards in this Set
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Family Government
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-The head of the family (man or woman) was responsible for enforcing the laws of the colony (no police), keeping family members free of sin, and prayed daily.
-In New England no one could live alone unless they had servants or children. -Widowed woman with no children would be required to re-marry quickly. -Widowed woman with children could be heads of the household and did not have to re-marry quickly. |
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Nuclear Family
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-Parents & young children living together in a house without grandparents in the same house.
-Mom, Dad & Kids only under one roof. |
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Extended Family
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-A house where grandparents live also, always close to their married children.
-Mom, Dad, Kids, and the Kid's Grandparents under one roof. |
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Modified Extended Family
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-A family unit where the grandparents are close and involved in the lives of their married children, however they live in a different house close to them.
-Most common family construct during the Colonial period until about the 1800's. |
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Demography
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-The population distribution and numbers.
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Malicious Separation (9/16)
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-When one spouse leaves the other and absolutely refuses- this is punishable by death during this period.
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deference (9/16)
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-(REPEAT WORD): During the colonial period parents though that kids should display a certain level of respect, work ethic, and obedience.
-Parents wanted to break the will of a child and instill a certain level of deference. -This is how everyone is society was taught respect, when the children grew up they would know how to treat those higher then themselves on the social ladder. |
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Placing Out (9/16)
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-In colonial times children would be sent away to live with another family (a stranger or a family member) where they would learn, this was considered to be their schooling in place of formal schooling.
-Usually an informal agreement between the two families however, sometimes could turn into a formal "apprenticeship". -Usually from ages 6-21 |
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Social Mobility (9/16)
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-Moving Up or Down on the social ladder.
-In mid-1600's Harvard nor Boston Grammer School was used as a vehicle for social mobility. -Just because you went to school does not make give you a higher standing in society- at Harvard rosters ordered from most affluent to the least not alphabetically. |
