The American Promise: A History of the United States Fourth Edition Roark • Johnson • Cohen • Stage • Hartmann • Lawson The American Promise: A History of the United States Fourth Edition CHAPTER 5 Colonial America in the Eighteenth Century: 1701–1770 Copyright © 2009 by Bedford/St. Martin’s

A Growing Population and Expanding Economy in British North America

New England: From Puritan Settlers to Yankee Traders Natural Increase and Land Distribution Farms, Fish, and Atlantic Trade

Immigrants, Wheat, and Work The Middle Colonies: Immigrants, Wheat, and Work German and Scots-Irish Immigrants Pennsylvania: “The Best Poor [White] Man’s Country”

The Southern Colonies: Land of Slavery The Atlantic Slave Trade and the Growth of Slavery Slave Labor and African American Culture Tobacco, Rice, and Prosperity

Unifying Experiences Commerce and Consumption Religion, Enlightenment, and Revival Borderlands and Colonial Politics in the British Empire

Chapter 5 Colonial American in the Eighteenth Century: 1701–1770 Map 5.1 Europeans and Africans in the Eighteenth Century (p. 140) Map 5.2 Atlantic Trade in the Eighteenth Century (p. 143) Map 5.3 The Atlantic Slave Trade (p. 152) Map 5.4 Zones of Empire in Eastern North America (p. 165) Figure 5.1 Colonial Exports, 1768–1772 (p. 159) Global Comparison: Large Warships in European Navies, 1660–1760 (p. 164) “Dummy Board” of Phyllis, a New England Slave (p. 139) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (p. 149)