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Colonial Society

Colonial Society. Trade laws in the colonies. Mercantilism Minimize imports Encourage manufacturing Tributary colonies Providing raw materials New English markets Navigation Acts Shipping laws. The Caribbean. The Caribbean Islands Sugar Cane Rum Labor issues

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Colonial Society

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  1. Colonial Society

  2. Trade laws in the colonies Mercantilism Minimize imports Encourage manufacturing Tributary colonies Providing raw materials New English markets Navigation Acts Shipping laws

  3. The Caribbean The Caribbean Islands Sugar Cane Rum Labor issues White indentured servants Disease Intensive labor Slave labor

  4. Rum???? Why is the rum gone?

  5. Southern Colonies (MD, VA, NC, SC, GA) Lifestyles Tidewater Plantations Cash crops Tobacco, Rice & Cotton Overproduction Circumventing the law “Plantation duty” Smuggling Decline in the market

  6. Tidewater Plantations

  7. Lifestyles for the Backcountry Piedmont Small farms Conflicts with the Natives Sir William Berkeley Bacon’s Rebellion Nathaniel Bacon

  8. Example of conflict: The Carolinas South Carolina (plantations/city trade) Lifestyles Cash crops Rice, indigo Disease Overseers and slaves North Carolina (backcountry) Lifestyles Small farming/trading

  9. Maryland and Virginia Trading tobacco Imports Tobacco currency Lifestyles “Southern hospitality” Indebtedness Discounts and interest

  10. New England Colonies (NH, MA, RI, CT) Climate Lifestyles Small farmers Large extended families Whaling & fishing Merchants “Yankee traders” Triangle trade routes-Royal African Co. of England “Middle passage” Loose packing vs. tight packing

  11. The Middle Passage • England ships weapons, clothes, rum, etc…to Africa • English ships pick up slaves in trade • The Middle Passage is from Africa to either the caribbean or the southern colonies • English ships trade slaves & finished products for raw materials

  12. Salem Witchcraft Trials (1692) A Commonwealth/Puritan mentality Reverend Samuel Parris Elizabeth Parris & Abigail Williams Rebecca Nurse, Sarah Good, Bridget Bishop Tituba

  13. Dominion over New England James II (Duke of York…remember him) The Glorious Revolution William and Mary Mass. becomes a royal colony

  14. “British” America

  15. Colonial Society “Little England” Population growth Immigration Germans, Swiss & Austrians Scotch-Irish

  16. The importance of family Social mobility George Washington Benjamin Franklin Women’s rights in the colonies “Midwives” Lower classes Slaves Haitian revolt Stono uprising

  17. Young George Washington

  18. Young Ben Franklin

  19. Stono Uprising

  20. World Wars, Colonial Wars Differing styles of warfare

  21. “The Golden Age” Salutary Neglect Robert Walpole Molasses Act Political Autonomy Parliament Colonial governors Elected assemblies

  22. Colonies prior to 1763

  23. Religion in the colonies Colonial contribution The “Great Awakening” George Whitfield Rev. Jonathan Edwards Increase in church membership Social equality George Whitefield “New Light” vs “Old Light”

  24. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God Jonathan Edwards George Whitfield

  25. The Age of Enlightenment Sir Isaac Newton John Locke Deism

  26. Sir Isaac Newton

  27. John Locke

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