Question

Gary Nash says that in the eighteenth century, American social structure and ideas about social structure changed in opposite directions. How did they change and why? How did seventeenth- and eighteenth-century American social and

Answer 1

Answer:

Social structure and ideas changed in opposite directions as colonists arrived in America.

Explanation:

In the eighteenth century, the colonists in America have changed their European ideas and social structure. The transformation of European society came into change with the abundance availability of land in New World which allowed settlers, who had ordinary livelihood in Europe, to acquire vast land and a chance to get fortune and gain higher social status.

A different form of agricultural practice began to emerge within society. The North involves in occupations like farming, shipping, and artisan work with fewer slaves to assist in work. In South, planters depended on slaves to work in plantations.

Religion and population growth are two other reasons for the change in society. The Great Awakening led people to be intellectual and move away from religion authority and old customs.