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America:
English patrons promised that an American
England
language
Usually a powerful chief
Powhatan
In his 60s and Powhatan impressed the English
colonists
Wanted to trade with the colonists for their
metal weapons
Colonists wanted Indian lands
Even though the Indians were living an using the
lands, Europeans still classified it as wilderness
Indians
headright system
Anyone who paid for passage to Virginia or who
of the interior
radical Puritans
Connecticut- more Conservative Puritans
By the end of the 17th century
Massachusetts's Bay colony included Maine
and Plymouth
Connecticut absorbed New Haven
English trader
Pequots denied
Puritans- With the Narragansett and Mohegans
1,600
Puritans then claimed most of their land
Praying towns forced Indians to abandon tradition
English division of gender roles
at Ft. Orange
Dutch built New Amsterdam at the tip of
leave
England
Became economic rivals in the 1650s and
1660s
Dutch shippers more efficient and got a lot of
business exporting colonial goods
1664- English fleet forced New Netherlands to
give up their colony
Renamed New York after the Duke of York
New Amsterdam became New York City
Ft. Orange became Albany
support
Triangular trade
Europe to Africa to the Americas
Middle Passage- Passage from Africa to Americas
Branded, shackled- slaves could hardly move
Disease and filth
Those suspected of being ill were thrown overboard
At LEAST 10% did not survive the journey
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Economic and Social Life in the Colonies
Mercantilism- nation or an empire could build
silver
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Economic and Social Life in the Colonies
1600s
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Economic and Social Life in the Colonies
By 1700- Englands economy was booming and
industries
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Economic and Social Life in the Colonies
New England:
Small farms
Lumber
Fish
Shipbuilding
Largest city: Boston (16,000 pop. In 1750)
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Economic and Social Life in the Colonies
Middle Colonies:
More and better wheat
Philadelphia and New York- 1760- 25,000
population
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Economic and Social Life in the Colonies
Southern colonies:
Largest amount of agriculture
plantations
Staple crops: crops in steady demand
Cash crops: crops grown just for sale
Charleston, S.C.- largest port city
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Economic and Social Life in the Colonies
Regional Social Differences:
New England and Middle Colonies had few
African Americans
South had a much larger African American
population
South attracted poor men
New England attracted more middle class
Families
colonies
New England was the healthiest and had best
population growth
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Economic and Social Life in the Colonies
New England
Had towns and schools
Fewer wealthy
Southern colonies
Harder to sustain communities
Less education
Appointed governors
Shared power with the colonists
Elected representatives
Individual liberties
their charters
the press
Enlightenment
Benjamin Franklin
community
Also a public space for government
Challenged authority
Salvation was open to everyone