Shaping of America 1783-1815 Almanac | Everyday Life

• City life—Philadelphia-style
• Words to Know
• Fire Marks
• Established farms—East of the Appalachians
• American frontier–West of the Appalachians
• Southern plantation life
• Free Blacks in Cities
• The woman's place
• Schools
• Higher learning
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Between the 1780s and 1810s, 96 percent of all Americans lived in rural settings and farmed the land. The most established farms were within the original thirteen states, east of the Appalachian Mountains....