a variety of social classes. The main classes consisted of the upper class being the aristocrats, the middle class being the businessmen and the lower class being mostly the poor farmers. Also the colonies had a very distinct system of the social class, starting with the aristocrats, lesser professional men, farmers, hired hands, indentured servants, jailbird and slaves. These slaves had no equality with the whites and whites often feared their rebellion. The slaves were the closest to Europe’s lower classes. But compared with contemporary Europe America of the 1700’s was a place of equality and opportunity except for slavery.When all things are considered, one can see the colonies didn’t always agree with the way England handled things, in the area of religion, economics, politics, and social structure. Through their determination to obtain a better life for themselves, they ventured away from England and created their own nation over time....
