Southern Colonies New England Colonies Middle Colonies Imperialistic System Diversity Major Themes
The Southern Colonies Describe the Southern economy and the plantation system. Outline the development of slavery in the South. Explain the rise of the planter elite in colonial Southern society.
Commercial agriculture 1.tobacco 2.rice & indigo 3.Plantations Demand Chesapeake Bay Indentured Servitude 1.need 2.contract South Carolina 1.rice 2.indigo Economy
Plantation system tended to create a society with distinct social classes Gentry Self contained communities Planters ’s ’s Yeoman farmers 1.Subsistence farming 2.tobacco Society
Governor William Berkeley 1.Tax exemption 2.Voting disenfranchisement Land Nathaniel Bacon (1676) Result 1.Land expansion 2.Expansion of slavery 3.Royal African Company (1672) Bacon’s Rebellion
million slaves transported to the Americas b/w Middle Passage Chattel slavery Slave code Slavery
Why did Southern tobacco planters use indentured servants to work their fields? What was the difference between the planter elite and backcountry farmers? What situation led to Bacon’s Rebellion? Why was slavery particularly entrenched in the Southern colonies? Chapter 3.1 Review Questions
New England & Middle Colonies New England’s Economy New England Towns Rise of Cities Middle Colonies
Diverse economy Corn Grand Banks Whaling Lumbering 1.Timber 2.Fall line New England’s Economy
Church covenants Town proprietors Town meetings Selectmen Meetinghouse “Holy Watching” New England Towns
Merchants Triangular Trade 1.New England 2.Caribbean 3.England Urban Social Class 1.Wealthy merchants 2.Artisans 3.Unskilled workers 4.Forced laborers Overcrowding Rise of Cities
Fertile land Wheat Rivers (Hudson, Delaware, and Susquehanna) Wheat boom Entrepreneurs Capitalists Class System 1.Wealthy entrepreneurs 2.Farmers 3.Tenant farmers Middle Colonies
How did the geography of New England affect its economy? What was the importance of New England town meetings? What social classes made up urban society in colonial America? How did geography affect the economy of the Middle Colonies? Chapter 3.2 Review Questions
The British Imperial System Mercantilism The Glorious Revolution
Economic system that emphasized a country had to accumulate gold and silver through exports and imports Self sufficient in raw materials Provides reliable markets & eager suppliers Navigation Acts 1.All goods must be transported in GBR ships 2.Enumerated commodities 3.Staple Act Custom inspectors Commissioners of Trade and Plantations (1675) Dominion of New England (1686) Sir Edmund Andros Mercantilism
James II Mary and William of Orange Glorious Revolution English Bill of Rights 1.Abolish king’s absolute power 2.Impose taxes or raise army 3.Freedom of speech and cruel & unusual punishment 4.Toleration Act New Charter for Massachusetts Bay John Locke 1.Two Treatises of Government 2.Justification of revolution 3.Natural rights Glorious Revolution of 1688
Why did James II create the Dominion of New England? What did the English Bill of Rights provide? Chapter 3.3 Review Questions
Diverse Society Family Life Immigrants Africans Enlightenment Great Awakening
Explosive growth Birthrate Legal status Disease Cotton Mather Family Life
Pennsylvania Dutch Scot-Irish Jews Immigrants
West Africa South Carolina 1.Gullah 2.Control Virginia 1.English 2.Control Stono Rebellion Africans
Enlightenment 1.Rationalism 2.Jacques Rosseau 3.Baron Montesquieu Great Awakening 1.Pietism 2.Revivals 3.Jonathan Edwards 4.George Whitfield Intellectual Movements
Why did the colonial population increase dramatically in the 1700’s? What reasons did immigrants have for coming to the American colonies? How did enslaved Africans fight back against slavery? What was the difference between the Enlightenment and Great Awakening? Chapter 3.4 Review Questions