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Colonial North America

Colonial North America. Goal 1.01: Describe how geographic diversity influenced economic, social, and political life in colonial North America. Colony. A group of people in one place ruled by a parent country. New England Colonies Connecticut Massachusetts Bay Massachusetts and Maine

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Colonial North America

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  1. Colonial North America Goal 1.01: Describe how geographic diversity influenced economic, social, and political life in colonial North America.

  2. Colony • A group of people in one place ruled by a parent country

  3. New England Colonies Connecticut Massachusetts Bay Massachusetts and Maine New Hampshire Rhode Island Middle Colonies Delaware New Jersey New York Pennsylvania • Southern Colonies • Georgia • Maryland • North Carolina • South Carolina • Virginia • Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia

  4. Why were the Europeans leaving their homes and coming to America? • The Renaissance created a growing interest in geography, exploration, and colonization. • To increase their wealth • To have their own land • To escape religious persecution • To escape overpopulation • To escape political oppression

  5. Ethnic and Religious Pluralism • Nationalities of individuals coming to America in the 17th and 18th centuries: • English • Spanish • Dutch • German • Swedish

  6. Ethnic and Religious Pluralism:Colonial Religions • Puritans • Beliefs: • Strict morals regulation • Emphasis on private Bible study • Belief in simplicity of worship • Desire to improve society through education • Pilgrims (Massachusetts) were the most famous Puritan sect. • Salem Witch Trials

  7. Ethnic and Religious Pluralism:Colonial Religions • Quakers • Members of the Religious Society of Friends • A form of Protestant Christianity that uses no scripture • Emphasizes simplicity in life and worship • Egalitarianism • Resistance to swearing oaths • Heavily involved Pacifism, Women’s Equality, and Abolition of Slavery

  8. Ethnic and Religious Pluralism:Colonial Religions • Catholicism • Largest single domination of Christianity • Stresses hierarchical, tightly controlled worship. • Belief that Jesus Christ is the only son of God and that his death led to grace among those on Earth. • Common Practices: Baptism, Confirmation, Confession, Communion, Strong Priesthood/Monastic tradition • Maryland was founded specifically as a safe haven for Catholics

  9. Salem Witch Trials

  10. The first African-American slaves were brought to America in… • 1607 • …and how did they get here? • To Jamestown, on a Dutch trading ship as indentured servants

  11. Triangular Trade Route • A trade route between America, Europe, and Africa

  12. Triangular Trade Route

  13. Middle Passage • The voyage lasted 2-5 months • The ships were designed for goods, not people, so the travel was crowded and inhumane. • Tightly packed slaves = spread of diseases, death • Slaves fed very little. Many slaves tried to starve themselves.

  14. Middle Passage • http://www.waywelivednc.com/maps/historical/middle-passage.gif

  15. Middle Passage • http://faculty.lacitycollege.edu/moonmc/html/slavery1b.jpg

  16. Middle Passage

  17. Middle Passage

  18. What is slavery? • An institution where people are held against their will as property and forced to carry out the will of their owner

  19. Slavery

  20. Slavery

  21. How is a slave different from an indentured servant? • Indentured servants were bound by contract for a certain amount of time, and had choice • Slavery was against your will for life

  22. Plantation System • Very large farms that were individually owned and usually used slaves as the workforce

  23. Plantation System • Negatives • Had to use slaves to be profitable • Only large farmers were successful • Dominated economy, so held back industrialization

  24. Plantation System • Economic Benefits • Allowed new goods to be produced in mass quantities • Allowed owners to become very wealthy

  25. Plantation System • Practicing Colonies • Southern Colonies • (NC, SC, GA, VA)

  26. Mercantilism • An economic system that relied on exports • Export more than you import • Ruling countries used colonies as a source of raw materials to make finished goods & sell for high profits, usually in colonies

  27. Mercantilism • Colonial Products • Sugar, tobacco, cotton, gold, rice, lumber, indigo • Found in Southern colonies; related to plantation system

  28. Get with a partner... • Make an acronym to help you remember the 6 reasons Europeans were leaving their homes for the colonies (Please excuse my dear aunt sally, or asap) 29

  29. JOINT STOCK COLONIES • Colonies funded by investors

  30. PROPRIETARY COLONIES • Colony owned by one person

  31. ROYAL COLONY • Colony with a charter granted by the king.

  32. SELF-GOVERING COLONY • Colony that exercises political authority over itself.

  33. NORTH Small lots of land for each family SOUTH Large plantations for wealthy families Size of landholdings Why?

  34. NORTH Church officials Land Ownership SOUTH • Wealthy plantation/ slave owners

  35. Economic base NORTH Industry, Manufacturing, Shipbuilding SOUTH Agriculture using slave labor

  36. Political Structure NORTH • Town meetings (direct democracies) SOUTH • Wealthy landowners

  37. SUFFRAGE • Right to vote • EGALITARIANISM • The spread of equality

  38. Social Structure • White men/ property owners • Merchants/ Skilled laborers • Indentured servants • Slaves

  39. Education NORTH • Religious education very important • Central schools SOUTH • Schooling not as important • Home-schooling • No central schools

  40. N. ENGLAND COLONIES MIDDLE COLONIES SOUTHERN COLONIES

  41. N. ENGLAND COLONIES MIDDLE COLONIES SOUTHERN COLONIES

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