Population Survey

US History – Colonial Society and Culture, 1607-1754

In this course, Dr Jonathan Barth (Arizona State University) examines how and why the movement of a variety of people and ideas across the Atlantic contributed to the development of American culture in the period 1607-1754. In the first module, we explore how the population of the British colonies changed over time. After this, we take a closer look at how the British colonies developed economically and socially. We then turn to explore how colonial governments functioned. In the final two modules, we see how the Great Awakening and Enlightenment set the colonies up for the revolutionary period.

Population Survey

In the first module, we explore how the population of the British colonies changed over time. Crucially, the British colonies were diverse places that included not only English but also Scotch-Irish, German, Swedish and Dutch settlers. The presence of these different European religious and ethnic groups contributed to a significant degree of pluralism and intellectual exchange in this period.