New England prior to the formation of the U.S.- What lured people to leave for the new world?o Religious freedomo Assumed gold, wealtho Search for trade-able goodso AdventureNote: -1st son was accustomed to inherit everything-People turned away from god because of sex, drugs, and drinkingFamily was responsible for:- Raising the food- Making clothes, furniture, and homes- Clearing the land they were going to live on- Worship- Educating children- Governing- Take care of the sick & elderly (quarantine)- Vocational training- Policing/ProtectionThe home was school, church, a workplace, & job trainingFamily source of powerMarriage- Fathers chose who could “court” their daughters- Marriages weren’t based on love, but economic and property managementso Daughters should be able to better their family’s situation by a good marriageo Dowries given in marriage by daughter’s fathers helped insure a good match in a husband- If one wife died, the husband was expected to remarryChildren- One in 10 died in “healthy areas”, one in 3 died in “less healthy, wild” (Never reach adulthood)- When one died they had to have another- Not uncommon for mother to become very ill or die in childbirth- Children had great value to the family: How?o Work around the homeA Puritan Family- Nuclear form- Children often lived in others homes for some part of their lives (servants, apprentices, etc.)- As many as 1/3 of all Puritan families had servantso Servants weren’t always there by choice- Communities placed certain individuals in puritan and a close eye on those individualso Who made up Puritan servants at this time?o People who were punished in the communityo Other Christianso A trade b/w familieso Apprenticeshipso ChildrenPuritan community- Community members often closely related by blood or marriage- Blood rules of today not necessarily as important in puritan time- Marriages were created to keep powerful and political families together even if the relationship was incestuous by today’s standardsPuritan family roles- Demi moore scarlet letter- Family place and rank gave him power- Politically powerful= powerful family, not powerful man- Household=fundamental unit in society, NOT individualFamily as economic system- Each member of the family worked- Each member learned job based on rank/age/gender- Older children could help make income outside the home- The more children you had the more helpFamily as educational system- Family responsible for teaching reading writing arithmetic, map reading, etc.- Children learned gender/marriage related jobs- Boys often apprenticed their fathers’ occupationsTithingmen were appointed to watch over 10-12 individual familiesEnsure marriage stability for their communityProper discipline of children & wivesNOTE: ENGLAND DID NOT HAVE THESE