In Colonial Society was a society with a pyramid shape in which every person belonged to strictly defined class. The social life and contacts were all be with people from a similar social class. The highest class were people who were the most powerful and wealthy people in the colonies.
Three ways colonial society differed from modern day society are:
1. In the modern society there are no strictly defined classes.
2. The most powerful people often owned slaves and employed servants. This is not the case in the modern society.
3. Travel was difficult.