English 48.7 %
African 20.0 %
Scot-Irish 7.8 %
German 6.9 %
Scottish 6.6 %Dutch 2.7 %
French 1.4 %
Swedish 0.6 %
Other 5.3 %
Colonial Colleges
The history of the Ivy League really begins with the formation of the Colonial Colleges in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Prior to the 1776 Declaration of Independence nine colleges were formed and while seven of the nine have since changed their names they all still thrive today. The nine schools that make up the Colonial Colleges are in order of establishment:
o New College (est. 1636, now Harvard University)Congregational
o The College of William and Mary (est. 1693)Anglican
o Collegiate School (est. 1701, now Yale University)Congregational
o Academy of Philadelphia (est. 1755, now University of Pennsylvania)Nonsectarian
o College of New Jersey (est. 1746, now Princeton University)Presbyterian
o King's College (est. 1754, now Columbia University) Anglican
o College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (est. 1764, now Brown University) Baptist
o Queen's College (est. 1766, now Rutgers University)Dutch Reformed
o Dartmouth College (est. 1769)Congregational
Of the nine Colonial Colleges seven are now members of the esteemed Ivy League with the eighth member, Cornell University, being founded later on in 1865. William and Mary and Rutgers, the two Colonial Colleges that are not part of the Ivy League, transitioned to eventually become public institutions.
Religion in Colonial America, 1775
The New England colonists were largely Puritans, who led very strict lives.
The Middle colonists were a mixture of religions, including Quakers (led by William Penn), Catholics, Lutherans, Jews, and others.
The Southern colonists had a mixture of religions as well, including Baptists and Anglicans.
Congregationalists=575,000 (New England)
Anglicans=500,000 (New York, South)
Presbyterians=410,000 (Backcountry)
German churches=200,000 (Pennsylvania)
Dutch Reformed=75,000 (NY, NJ)
Quakers=40,000 (PA,NJ,DE)
Baptists=25,000 (RI,PA,NJ,DE)
Catholics=25,000 (MD,PA)
Methodists=5,000 (Scattered)
Jewish=2,000 (NY,RI)
Estimated total membership=1,857,000
Estimated total population=2,493,000
Percentage church members=74%
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| Atlantic Slave Trade, 1500-1870 |
Africa definitely looks like a huge octopus in this map
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