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Colonial Life

Colonial Life. Section Three. Colonial Government Types. Proprietary Secondary (corporate) Royal. Colonial Government. Mercantilism. 4. Colonial Administration. problems. First Colonial Possessions King Vs. Parliament English Civil War Distance. The Stuart Restoration.

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Colonial Life

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  1. Colonial Life Section Three

  2. Colonial Government Types • Proprietary • Secondary (corporate) • Royal

  3. Colonial Government

  4. Mercantilism 4

  5. Colonial Administration problems • First Colonial Possessions • King Vs. Parliament • English Civil War • Distance

  6. The Stuart Restoration

  7. The Navigation Acts • Nav Act of 1660 • Nav Act of 1663 • Nav Act of 1673 • Nav Act of 1696

  8. Manufacturing Regulations to Limit the American Economy **no colonial competition** • Woolens Act 1699 • Hat Act 1732 • Iron Act 1750 • No colonial currency!

  9. Agriculture in the South • Agriculture for Export • Plantations Virginia River Plantation c. 1720

  10. Slave Based Plantation Systems 10

  11. Middle Colonies = “Bread Colonies” New England Farming =Subsistence

  12. Industry • Shipbuilding • Saw Milling • Rum • Iron • Flour Milling • Fishing not in the southern colonies 12

  13. “Triangle Trade” 13

  14. Labor Always a problem in early period • Indentured Servants • “Redemptioners” / “Free Willers” • most served 3-7 years • fifty acres was average reward

  15. Slavery • Attempted in the North, but not profitable • Worked perfectly on Southern Plantations

  16. Social Culture = EXCEPT: • The Frontier • Mingling of Nationalities

  17. Rapid Population Growth WHY? • Immigration • High Birth Rate • WHO? • Palatine Germans • Scotch-Irish • African Slaves

  18. Social Classes *Not as severe as Europe* • Aristocracy of Wealth • Middle-Class • 3rd Class • 4th Class

  19. Religion in the Colonies • “Ordinarily Religious” didn’t emigrate • South: Anglican • Middle: Variety • New England: Predestination /“Blue Laws”

  20. Salem Witch Trials 20

  21. Religious Toleration? • Only Because it was Practical

  22. The Great Awakening(1750) • Reaction against the “Enlightenment” • “Sinners in the Hands of and Angry God” Jonathan Edwards

  23. Effects Of The Great Awakening • Increases Denominationalism • Adds emotion to religion in America • Appeals to poor = weakens Anglicans • Establishes Colleges

  24. Colonial Education • New England: educate so all can read Bible • Middle: left to the individual churches • South: private tutors for Plantation children

  25. The Enlightenment Copernicus Sun, not Earth is center of Universe

  26. Enlightenment Ideas • Rationalism • Science • Philosophy • Jean Locke (1690) • Jean Jacques Rousseau (1762) • Deism

  27. Forces for Colonial Unity • Improvements in Travel • Immigrant mentality • Common enemy • Common British culture • Similar governmental styles

  28. Forces Dividing the Colonies • Geographic distance • Climatic and Economic differences • Class distinctions • National and Religious differences • Governmental problems

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