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Chapter 3 New Ways in a New World. 10-6. Three Regions New England (MA, CT, RI, NH) Middle Colonies (NY, NJ, PA, DE) South (MD, VA, NC, SC, GA). New England Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut Rhode Island. Middle colonies New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware. South
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Chapter 3 New Ways in a New World 10-6
Three Regions New England (MA, CT, RI, NH) Middle Colonies (NY, NJ, PA, DE) South (MD, VA, NC, SC, GA)
New England Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut Rhode Island
Middle colonies New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware
South Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia
The People The Economy Education
The People New England: Mostly English Settlers
Middle Colonies Settlers from many countries Dutch, German, Scotch-Irish
South English Scotch-Irish on the frontier African (slaves)
The Economy New England Fishing Ship Building Trade overseas
New England sugar rum West Indies Africa slaves
Middle Colonies Small farms Cities: Philadelphia, New York Trade overseas
South Plantations (large farms) and slave labor Land was cheap... Everyone wanted to own a farm Who will do the work?
Indentured servants: Settlers who had someone else pay their passage to America. They worked for that person to pay off the debt. Slaves from Africa
Southern plantations were located on rivers Exported tobacco, rice, indigo Imported goods from England
Education New England First College: Harvard, MA (1636) to train judges and ministers Each town had a grammar school for boys
Middle Colonies Fewer schools Dame schools: Woman teaches neighborhood children in her home
South Sons of plantation owners had private tutors, then sent to school in England Population was spread out, very few schools Blacks received no education
(All regions) Apprenticeship: A young person is given over to a skilled craftsman to teach a craft
Colonial Government King appoints governor People elect a representative assembly (law makers)
England's colonial policy Mercantilism: The colonies exist to benefit the mother country. Navigation Acts: Only English ships could sail to American ports Colonies can buy and sell with England only
1689 to 1763: England and France are at war; England cannot always enforce these laws Salutory Neglect: England ignores the colonies, and the colonies do well Smugglers and Pirates!
Causes 1. Rivalry between France and England for control of North America 2. English wanted to move west into lands France claimed
The Beginning (1754) French build forts (Ft. Duquesne) on the Ohio River Governor of VA sends G. Washington to remove the French GW loses at the battle of Great Meadows
Colonists' reaction Albany Plan of Union Representatives of the colonies meet to renew alliance with Iroquois Indians Ben Franklin suggests the colonies unite to negotiate with Indians create a colonial army for defense
Albany Plan is rejected by colonial legislatures and the king. Colonists: King:
French: Small population in America Indian Allies English: Strong navy Few soldiers in America
General Braddock fails to capture Ft. Duquesne Washington observes that Indians do not follow traditional rules of war
Prime Minister William Pitt Sends younger Generals to America who capture Fort Duquesne and rename it Fort Pitt
http://1759.ccbn-nbc.gc.ca/ General Wolfe captures Quebec (1759)
Peace of Paris (1763) • France gives Canada to Britain • France gives Louisiana (Rocky Mts to Mississippi River to Spain • France keeps North Atlantic and Caribbean islands
Results: English colonists no longer fear the French in the west England is in debt Washington gains military experience
1754 1675 1763 1775 When did the French and Indian War begin?
Pittsburgh Quebec Georgia Detroit Where was Fort Duquesne?
Yale Rutgers Columbia Harvard What is the oldest college in the US?
Ireland Germany The Netherlands Canada The Pennsyvania Dutch are actually from...
South Middle Colonies New England MA GA MD CT DE SC VA RI NY PA NJ NC NH
South Middle Colonies New England Puritans Fishing Quakers Scotch-Irish Rice Harvard Ship building New York City Slavery Germans Tobacco
The colonies should trade only with the mother country Allowing the colonies to have elected representative assemblies The governor of the colony should be chosen by the king People should be free to buy and sell with whomever they want Which is the best definition of Mercantilism?
The population of the English colonies grew very slowly The colonies were attacked by the French The English colonists demanded representation in the British Parliament The English colonists imported goods from around the world What was the result of salutory neglect?
James Wolfe William Pitt George Washington Ben Franklin Edward Braddock Killed while attacking Fort Duquesne Prime Minister of England Proposed the Albany Plan of Union Ordered the French to leave Ft. Duquesne Died after defeating the French in Quebec