1. APUSHING 2.2
The British Colonies participated in political, social, cultural, and economic exchanges with Great Britain that encouraged both stronger bonds with Britain and resistance to Britain’s control.

2. 2.2.1
Transatlantic commercial, religious, philosophical, and political exchanges led residents of the British colonies to evolve in their political and cultural attitudes as they became increasingly tied to Britain and one another.
In a nutshell: How colonists became Americans while still being British…

3. The Effect of Religious and Ethnic Pluralism
Intellectual exchange
Revised paradigms
Enhanced by larger movements

4. Shifts toward Anglicization Over Time
English-style autonomous political communities
Intercolonial commercial ties
Trans-Atlantic print culture
Spread of Protestant evangelicalism

5. The Colonies and Britain’s Relationship Status
British attempts at imperial structure
Mercantilist economic aims
Conflicts with colonists and Indians
Erratic enforcement of imperial policies

6. Origins of Colonial Resistance
Local experiences of self- government
Evolving ideas of liberty
Greater religious independence and diversity
Perceived corruption of the imperial system

7. 2.2.2
Like other European empires in the Americas that participated in the Atlantic slave trade, the English colonies developed a system of slavery that reflected the specific economic, demographic, and geographic characteristics of those colonies.
In a nutshell: Slavery was in all the colonies, but it varied by region in style and intensity.

8. Why Slavery? European demand for colonial goods Labor shortage
Attitudes of the time

9. Slavery in New England & the Mid-Atlantic Colonies
Few if any moral qualms (except for the Quakers)
Not economically necessary
Not economically viable
Most common in port cities

10. Slavery in the Chesapeake and Deep South
Labor-intensive agriculture
Emergence of Plantation system
Still not as much as in the West Indies

11. Slave Codes Emerge as numbers of slaves increases
New and strict racial system
Interracial relationships prohibited
Children born to slave women are slaves
They become more detailed over time

12. African Resistance Overt and covert, but mostly covert
Against the dehumanizing aspects of slavery
To maintain family and gender systems, culture, and religion.