Standard SSUSH 2

The student will trace ways that the economy and

society of British North America developed.

a) Explain the development of mercantilism and
the trans-Atlantic trade.
b) Describe the Middle Passage, growth of the
African population, and African-American
culture.
c) Identify Benjamin Franklin as a symbol of social
mobility and individualism.
d) Explain the significance of the Great Awakening.

Mercantilism
An economic policy in which European countries strived to
create colonies in order to trade/export more than import
and amass more gold and silver than rival European
countries.
Trans-Atlantic Trade
Also known as Triangular Trade.
A pattern of trade involving colonies, slavery, and
European countries.
New England colonies engaged in this trade pattern
illegally.

WHAT IS THIS AN IMAGE
OF???
MIDDLE PASSAGE
Route from Africa to the Americas as part of the
trans-Atlantic trade
GROWTH OF AFRICAN POPULATION
Imports of slaves grew as colonial land
expanded and farming became more
profitable.
Middle Passage
Month long journey of African slaves to the Caribbean,
Latin America, and North America [Southern colonies].
Cramped, unsanitary, dehumanizing conditions.
10 % or more lives were lost during voyage across the
Atlantic.
African-American Culture
In many African cultures, masks have been used to tell stories of historical
events, adornment for warriors, and parts of costumes for various festivals.
Mr. Hunt's "the Passage" embodies three masks representing the spirits of
our ancestors who died during the Trans-Atlantic journey from Africa to
America (The Middle (Passage). Conceptually, "The Passage" focuses on the
idea that even though these ancestors did not make it to America physically,
the content of their character, (hard work, love, respect, honor, and
strength) survived the journey as it was passed on to their descendents born
in America and other countries along the way from Africa.
Benjamin Franklin
Inventor - lightening rods, fire stations
Helped Thomas Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence
Ambassador to France during American Revolution convinced
France to become and ally of America
His life is an example of the social mobility evident and
individualism evident in America and not evident in England.
Great Awakening
Religious revival before the American Revolution.
Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield famous preachers.
Reaction against Enlightenment Ideas
Inspired independence movement in America

Great Awakening
The religious revivals of the
Great Awakening encouraged
colonists to question
traditional authority

One of the first steps on the
path to the Revolution!!!!!!