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Colonial SocietyColonial Society
Take FiveTake Five
What is the concept of mercantilism? What is the concept of mercantilism?
Who benefits the most from this Who benefits the most from this system?system?
How is this system enforced?How is this system enforced?
Trade laws in the coloniesTrade laws in the coloniesMercantilismMercantilism
Minimize importsMinimize importsEncourage manufacturingEncourage manufacturing
Tributary coloniesTributary coloniesProviding raw materialsProviding raw materialsNew English marketsNew English markets
Navigation ActsNavigation ActsShipping lawsShipping lawsEntrepotsEntrepotsColonial exportsColonial exportsAdmiralty courtsAdmiralty courts
MercantilismMercantilism
Great Britain 13 colonies
The CaribbeanThe CaribbeanThe Caribbean IslandsThe Caribbean Islands
Sugar CaneSugar Cane
RumRum
Labor issuesLabor issues
White indentured White indentured servantsservants
DiseaseDisease
Intensive laborIntensive labor
Slave laborSlave labor
But why is the rum gone?But why is the rum gone?
Take FiveTake Five
Why was the Carribbean the most Why was the Carribbean the most feared and worst place to be a slave? feared and worst place to be a slave?
The economies of the The economies of the coloniescolonies
British coinageBritish coinage Pieces of eightPieces of eight Problems with paperProblems with paper Tobacco and other “cash” cropsTobacco and other “cash” crops The role of the merchantThe role of the merchant The importance of character The importance of character
Southern Colonies (MD, VA, Southern Colonies (MD, VA, NC, SC, GA)NC, SC, GA)
LifestylesLifestylesTidewater PlantationsTidewater Plantations
Cash cropsCash cropsTobaccoTobacco
OverproductionOverproductionCircumventing the lawCircumventing the law
“ “Plantation duty”Plantation duty”SmugglingSmuggling
Decline in the marketDecline in the market
Tidewater PlantationsTidewater Plantations
Lifestyles for the Lifestyles for the BackcountryBackcountry
PiedmontPiedmont
Small farmsSmall farms
Conflicts with the NativesConflicts with the Natives
Sir William BerkeleySir William Berkeley
Bacon’s RebellionBacon’s Rebellion
Nathaniel BaconNathaniel Bacon
English Settlements Along English Settlements Along the James River the James River
Bacon’s RebellionBacon’s Rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon
Sir William Berkley
Bacon’s RebellionBacon’s Rebellion
Example of conflict: The Example of conflict: The CarolinasCarolinas
South Carolina (plantations/city trade)South Carolina (plantations/city trade)Lifestyles Lifestyles Cash cropsCash crops
Rice, indigoRice, indigoDiseaseDiseaseOverseers and slavesOverseers and slaves
North Carolina (backcountry)North Carolina (backcountry)LifestylesLifestylesSmall farming/tradingSmall farming/tradingPiracy Piracy
Maryland and VirginiaMaryland and Virginia
Trading tobaccoTrading tobacco
ImportsImports
Tobacco currencyTobacco currency
LifestylesLifestyles
““Southern hospitality”Southern hospitality”
IndebtednessIndebtedness
Discounts and interestDiscounts and interest
Take FiveTake Five
What is a triangle trade route?What is a triangle trade route?
New England Colonies (NH, New England Colonies (NH, MA, RI, CT)MA, RI, CT)
ClimateClimateLifestylesLifestyles
Small farmersSmall farmersLarge extended familiesLarge extended familiesWhaling & fishingWhaling & fishing
MerchantsMerchants ““Yankee traders”Yankee traders”
Triangle trade routes-Royal African Co. Triangle trade routes-Royal African Co. of of EnglandEngland
““Middle passage”Middle passage”Loose packing vs. tight Loose packing vs. tight
packingpacking
Tight Packing and Loose Tight Packing and Loose PackingPacking
Triangle Trade RoutesTriangle Trade Routes
Take FiveTake Five
What piece of American literature What piece of American literature relates to the Salem witch trials?relates to the Salem witch trials?
Salem Witchcraft Trials (1692)Salem Witchcraft Trials (1692)A Commonwealth/Puritan mentalityA Commonwealth/Puritan mentality
Abandoning Primogeniture Abandoning Primogeniture
Salem Town vs Salem VillageSalem Town vs Salem Village
Reverend Samuel ParrisReverend Samuel Parris
Elizabeth Parris & Abigail WilliamsElizabeth Parris & Abigail Williams
Rebecca Nurse, Sarah Good, Bridget Rebecca Nurse, Sarah Good, Bridget BishopBishop
Tituba Tituba
Spectral evidence, the Lord’s Prayer and Spectral evidence, the Lord’s Prayer and witches cake witches cake
Salem Witch TrialsSalem Witch Trials
Victims of SalemVictims of SalemNineteen accused witches were hanged on Gallows Hill in 1692: June 10
Bridget Bishop July 19
Rebecca Nurse Sarah Good Susannah Martin Elizabeth Howe Sarah Wildes
August 19 George Burroughs Martha Carrier John Willard George Jacobs, Sr. John Proctor
September 19—ImpressmentGiles Corey
September 22 Martha Corey Mary Eastey Ann Pudeator Alice Parker Mary Parker Wilmott Redd Margaret Scott Samuel Wardwell
Other accused witches died in prison: Sarah Osborn Roger Toothaker Lyndia Dustin Ann Foster (As many as thirteen others may have died in prison.) And…1 dog was hanged
The EnlightenmentThe Enlightenment
French philosophy spreads to the French philosophy spreads to the coloniescolonies
John LockeJohn Locke Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Thomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson Thomas PaineThomas Paine Deism Deism
John Locke: Consent of the Governed
Dominion over New EnglandDominion over New England
James II (Duke of York)James II (Duke of York)
Sir Edmund AndrosSir Edmund Andros
The Glorious RevolutionThe Glorious Revolution
William and MaryWilliam and Mary
Mass. becomes a royal colonyMass. becomes a royal colony
William and MaryWilliam and Mary