1. Colonial Growth
Chapter 4

2. Section 1
Life in the Colonies

3. New England Population Boost
Women married early and formed large families
Food Source
Small farms depended on subsistence farming
Subsistence farming: generally produce enough food to meet needs of families

4. New England
Commerce
Shipbuilding and Lumber Production
Fishing

6. Middle Passage
Shipping of Enslaved Africans from Africa to West Indies
Olaudah Equiano-
First African American Literature “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano”
His narrative caused the British Slave Trade Act in 1807 (ended slavery)

7. Middle Colonies Commerce Cash crops
Crops that could be sold into markets in colonies or overseas (wheat & livestock)
Milder climate
Fertile soil
Iron Mills, Lumbering, Mining

8. Middle Colonies Dori’s Descendant
Immigration ( ): Near million people live there
Mostly Germans (farmers)
Most tolerance toward religions and cultures
Dori’s Descendant

9. Southern Colonies Commerce Plantations! Tobacco Virginia & Maryland
First used indentured servants, but then switched w/ slaves
Rice
Georgia & South Carolina
Slaves

10. Slavery Overseers: Bosses who kept slaves working
Slave Codes: Strict Rules over slaves
No education
Whipped or burned for crimes

11. Government, Religion, & Culture
Section 2
Government, Religion, & Culture

12. Glorious Revolution
Charles II’s son James II attempts to take over supreme power
Parliament put James into exile and replaced him with his daughter Mary and husband William of Orange (Dutch man)
Elected Representatives more powerful than monarch

13. Glorious Revolution William and Mary signed the English Bill of Rights
DBQ TIME

14. Mercantilism DBQ

15. Mercantilism Nation’s power wealth
England depends on more exports than imports
Navigation Acts (1651 & 1673)
Colonies could only use English ships
Colonies can only trade with England
Reaction to Navigation Acts
Colonists started to smuggle

16. Charter Colonies Colonies given grants and privileges
Elect own governors & members of legislature
(Connecticut & Rhode Island)

17. Proprietary Colonies Ruled by Proprietors
Proprietors appointed governors & legislature
(Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania)

18. Royal Colonies Directly ruled by Britain
King appointed Governor & council

19. Voting Rights
Only white men with property can vote

20. Great Awakening “New Birth” (1720s-1740s)
Jonathan Edwards- powerful emotional preacher
George Whitefield

21. Family Life Fathers head of households Sons as apprentices to artisans
Women were under men’s authority

22. Education New England had 85% literacy rate of men & 50% women
Harvard (Puritans)
William and Mary (Anglicans)

23. Enlightenment
Movement that believed knowledge, science, and reason improved society
Benjamin Franklin

24. Section 3 France & Britain Clash

25. Cause of French-Indian War
Ohio River Valley
Colonists pushing into French Lands
French dislike encroachment

26. Native Americans French had many allies Only interested to Trade
Britain had few
Wanted to take land
Iroquois Confederacy (Mohawk, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, and Oneida)

27. George Washington Attempted to take back Ohio River Valley
Led inexperienced militia to take Fort Duquesne

28. Albany Plan of Union
Benjamin’s attempt to unite all colonies under one government
Never worked
Colonies did not want to give up power

29. Section 4: The French and Indian War
Edward Braddock sent from England with George Washington
Marched to Fort Duquesne

30. Seven Years War

31. Pitt Takes Charge Promised Great Britain would pay for supplies of war
(Cause of taxation on Colonists after the war)

32. Fall of New France British take Quebec from France
TREATY OF PARIS 1763
Britain gained Canada and lands east of Mississippi from France
Britain gained Florida from Spain