1. Warm-Up: In your own words, define Mercantilism
What were the three main keys to mercantilism?

2. Indentured Servants
In the early years of the colonies, the labor supply came from Indentured Servants.
They agreed to work for a landowner for a period of 4 to 7 years in return for passage to America, food and housing.
By the late 1600’s the system of Slavery increased to meet the demand for labor in the American Colonies.

3. Bacon’s Rebellion
Colony of Jamestown, VA- economic trouble (due to bad weather, poor tobacco crops)
Blamed Indians (scapegoat)
Nathaniel Bacon- led attacks against Indians which were not supported by Governor of Jamestown, VA
Bacon and supporters were arrested
Bacon invaded and took over the town- set fire to it because he could not defend it
Bacon died unexpectedly and rebellion was over
Virginia planters turn to African slavery as an alternative source of labor to indentured servants.

4. Slavery in the Colonies
Triangular Trade

5. Middle Passage
The Middle Passage refers to the forced transportation of West Africans to North America as part of the Atlantic Slave Trade.
*Between 1450 and 1850 more than 12 million Africans were exported from Africa on slave ships

8. The Great Awakening A religious revival that swept across the colonies
in the 1730s.
Jonathon Edwards (Puritan)
and George Whitefield
(Anglican) were two notable
preachers.
New colleges were founded
to train new ministers to
preach. Today’s Ivy League
Schools such as Princeton,
Yale, Brown and Dartmouth
were all established around
this time.
The Great Awakening helped to create a sense
of spirit and independence that would be a factor
in the move toward independence years later.

9. Freedom of the Press
John Peter Zenger was found not guilty of libel (printing scandalous lies) for
publishing a story about the corrupt governor of New York colony. Zenger’s
Victory in this trial set the stage for freedom of the press in America.