Colonial SocietyColonial Society

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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?

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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

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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

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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