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Unit 1 Part III. The American Colonies. Warm-up 8/30/2012. Would you willingly leave your home to start a new life if the government did not respect your basic rights? Explain why. What is a colony?. A group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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UNIT 1 PART IIIThe American Colonies
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Warm-up 8/30/2012
Would you willingly leave your home to start a new life if the government did not respect your basic rights? Explain why.
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What is a colony?
A group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere
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What is mercantilism and how did it motivate colonialism?
Theory that a country’s power depended on its wealth
Encouraged countries to export more than import Colonies where a source of raw materials for the
mother countries industries and markets for finished products
Hurt colonial economies.
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Joint Stock Company
Colony in which investors could have part ownership and share in any profits
Virginia, North and South Carolina
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Proprietary Colony
Colony owned and controlled by an owner
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Massachusetts
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Royal Colony
Colony owned and ruled by the King
Eventually all the colonies were reclaimed by the King
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Charter
Written document granting land and the authority to establish a colonial government
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Where was the first permanent English settlement in North America?
Jamestown, Virginia in 1607
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For what reasons did people come to the colonies?
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Economic Opportunities
Potential to acquire land and wealth Cash Crops – agricultural products that
could be sold (i.e. tobacco) Indentured Servants – people who
promised to be servants for a time in exchange for passage to the colonies
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Forced
Africans were enslaved to be cheap labor
Plantation System – agricultural system in southern colonies for mass producing cash crops
Middle Passage – the journey from African to the Americas
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Triangular Trade Route
The Pattern of trade between Africa, Europe and the Americas
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The Triangular Trade Route
From Europe to Africa – alcohol and iron products (weapons)
From Africa to the Americas – African men, women and children
From the Americas to Europe – tobacco, rice, indigo, rum, and other raw materials