government, economics and religion in the colonial era?

Question

what was the government, economics, and the religion like in the colonial era?

in the american colonial era what was government, economy and art like?

Answer 1

The colonial era WHERE? India, Egypt, North America, South America, West Africa, South Africa, South-East Asia, Australia, New Zealand?

One thing that is certain though is that there was no economics in the colonial era. Modern economics started in 1873 with the publication of Leon Walras' "Elements of Pure Economics" and became a mainstream discipline in 1890 when Alfred Marshall published "Principles of Economics". Prior to that, the (muddy and discursive) study of the economy was referred to as Political Economy.

Answer 2

Because during the time of slavery the Black Africans did not have a choice but were forced to speak the language and to practice the religion of the White masters.The African Americans speak the English language and practice a christian religion,the Black Cubans and Black Dominicans speak the Spanish language and practice the Roman Catholic religion,the Black Brazilians speak Portuguese and practice the Roman Catholic religion,the Hatians at first spoke french and practiced the Roman Catholic religion untill they killed all the White French masters and declared independence and now speak creole(a language thats a unique blend of African language dialects with French mixed in) and practice vodoo.

Answer 3

Before The Enlightenment or after?

Answer 4

If you're talking about British colonies in North America...

1, Under English law all the territory claimed in America belonged to the crown. The Crown created two types of legal agencies for colonization: the corporation and the proprietary.

The corporate-type agency was the company or group of individuals merged into a single "person" at law. Such a corporation was akin to a modern joint-stock company organized for profit-making purposes.

The proprietary agency consisted of one or more persons to whom were given a grant of territory and various powers of government by the Crown. The proprietor(s) thus endowed with special privileges had authority to found a colony and enjoy property, commercial, governing, and other rights.

Both agencies were compelled to confer upon free settlers certain liberties and immunities enjoyed by English people at home, including a share in the making of local laws.

Only New York was developed under the auspices of the English Crown, after 1664.

Local self-government became important in all the colonies, although suffrage was largely confined to wealthy landowners. Also, it applied mainly to people who lived in towns.

2. All the colonies depended largely on agriculture. In the South (Maryland to Georgia), this meant mostly tobacco grown for export. Large plantations dependent on both black slaves and indentured servants were involved.

Rice was also grown in the South, and exported to England. Again, slaves were important; they suffered badly and had a very high death rate. A third crop was indigo, a dye essential to England's textile industry. (Cotton was not to become important until the 19th century.)

In New England, farmers were small-holding yeomen. Climate and soil were poor. Shipping became important as wood was available for making ships, and there was an active trans-Atlantic trade involving slaves from Africa, rum from the Caribbean, manufactured goods from England, and agricultural products from the South.

Farms in the middle colonies were mostly great estates tilled by tenants in a type of feudal system. Many farmers in New York combined farming, commerce, and shipping. In Pennsylvania there were a number of small or moderate sized farms.

The colonies all became fairly independent in regard to manufactured goods used locally (but not for export). They manufactured plows, sleds, wagons, and hoes. They grew flax or used animal skins to make shoes, caps, hats, and cloth. They made beds, coverlets, soap, and tablecloths.

Large farms in the north or middle colonies employed one or more indentured servants. Slaves could be found in all the colonies, but they were important only in the South (2/3 of the population of South Carolina were slaves). 9/10th of the people, from New Hampshire to Georgia, lived on the land and produced for themselves. Even in the South, most of the families held small plots of land and produced for themselves only.

Fishing and whaling were important in New England.

Trade and commerce grew later, but they were to become very important. By 1760, American traders could compete on an even heel with Bristol and London merchants.

3. Art came early to the New World. Carpenters, masons, smiths, and woodworkers all arrived in the 17th century. After the early days of colonization, architects designed fine mansions and churches. These buildings needed elegant furniture, objects of glass, panels for walls and doors, mantels, carvings for cornices and porticoes, iron gates and grills, silver ornaments, etc.

4. Practically all the immigrants professed some religion--mostly Protestant. Religion played a role in the founding of all the colonies.

Virginia established the Church of England as its official religion, but eventually other Protestants and even a few Catholics settled in the colony. Still, the Church was supported by tax monies, and persecution of other religions continued even as late as 1776. Maryland, North Carolina, south Carolina, Georgia, and New York all recognized the Church of England as the official religion.

Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire all supported the Congregational Church.

Although Catholicism was banned in England and its colonies, Lord Baltimore invited Roman Catholics to Maryland. Maryland passed the Toleration Act in 1649, but it was limited to people who believed in Jesus Christ, thus prohibiting Jews, unbelievers, Deists, and Unitarians.

Puritans in Massachusetts were originally dissenters within the Church of England, but they later established the Congregational Church. They discouraged dissenters and critics, who were severely punished, executed, or exiled into the wilderness.

Rhode Island (and Providence Plantation) were founded upon the belief that government should not force people to join any religion; they even tolerated Quakers and Jews.

Catholics, Protestant dissenters (especially Quakers), and even members of the Church of England were received with hostility by the Congregationalists in Connecticut.

William Penn was a Quaker; he opened Pennsylvania only to people who believed in God. He encouraged Scotch-Irish Protestants and German Protestants (Lutherans).

When New York came under English control, they tolerated different religions. Quakers and Presbyterians flocked to New Jersey. French Huguenots were welcomed in the Carolinas and Georgia.

Answer 5

I do not know..... Sorry! : (