I began today's session by returning Will's graded Chapter 2 quiz (27/30) and going over it with him. We then took up discussion of Chapter 3, addressing economic and social issues that developed as the English colonies grew and prospered. In particular, we discussed differences in economic diversity between northern and southern colonies, the importance of the colonies to the mother country both as sources of raw materials and as markets for finished (manufactured) goods, the rise of consumerism and class distinctions in the colonies, and the gender roles typically played in families of colonists (highly patriarchal) and enslaved persons (more gender equal, if not matriarchal).