England and the Colonies Chapter 3 England and the Colonies

Colonial Economic Activities

Mercantilism A countries ultimate goal was to be self sufficient and acquire as much gold and silver as possible

Navigation Acts No country could trade with the Colonies unless the goods were shipped on an English vessel All vessels had to be operated by ¾ English or colonial crews Colonies could expert certain products to England only All goods had to pass through English port before distributed out to others

The Glorious Revolution William of Orange and Mary Came to England to see if they could Aid James James feared for his life and fled Mary became Queen

Salutary Neglect England relaxed it’s enforcement of laws hoping the colonies would then tow the mark

Plantation Economy Arises in the South

Boone Hall Plantation

Triangular Trade

Middle Passage

Commerce in the North

Colonial Diversity

Women in the North

The Idea that Nature gained a more prevalent place in society Enlightenment

Benjamin Franklin

A new rebirth of religion in the form of Revivals The Great Awakening

Jonathan Edwards

The French and Indian War

Fort Necessity

George Washington Lead a small Contingent Attacked the French Major victory Put George Washington on the Map

First Biological warfare Indians under Pontiac realized that a loss for the French was a loss for the Indians Pontiac captured eight British Forts in the Ohio Valley British officers during Peace negotiations gave the Indians blankets that had been infection with the small pox virus

Proclamation of 1763

Colonies and Britain begin to Sepa rate

In an Attempt to get the Colonies back in line – George Grenville passed the first in a series of act that coined the phrase, Taxation without Representation The Sugar Act