I think people have a really warped view of the 1720s and are mixing it up with other time periods and random history facts. The 1720s were a generally peaceful time in the English speaking world. George I had a long reign followed peacefully by George II. Unfortunately-

-Slave populations began to be held in the Chesapeake bay area at the time but it was far from wide spread. Race relations weren't simple (and never have been) but the jim crow inspired, racial hatred wasn't common at all. Pennsylvania in the 1720s was a growing hot bed of-

-poetry. To the north puritanism was waning in power. The low life expectancy you see if you look it up, is due to infants being counted in the average. If you look at the life expectancy for people over 5 it shoots up to basically around what it is today. It's not like-