ReligionResources GovernmentSocial Hierarchy.

The AmericasBecause of its religion, technology, government, and social hierarchy, the Americas thrived beyond other nations in the world during the 1700s.

Important Factors

Resources

Religion

Government

Social Hierarchy

North AmericasThe 13 ColoniesParts Derived to Make the World Today

The 13 ColoniesReligion Resources

Cash Crops: Indigo, Rice, Tobacco

Industries: fishing, ship-building

Staple Crops: Wheat, Barley, Oat, Livestock

Quakers (Society of Friends)

Roger Williams and Lord Baltimore: Religious Tolerance

Anne Hutchinson: No guidance of church

THE 13 COLONIESGovernment

Mayflower Compact:

General Court

William Penn

Social Hierarchy

King

Parliament

Governor

Men

Women

Indentured Servants

Slaves

Middle AmericasOlmec, Maya, and Aztec

Civilizations

Olmec: BC1400~AD400

Inca: AD1200~AD1500

Maya: BC1000~AD900

Aztec: AD1400~AD1500

MesoamericasReligion

Maya:

Myths, Gods of Nature, Bloodletting, Human Sacrifice, Afterlife

Aztec

Gods of Nature, Bloodletting, Human Sacrifice, Afterlife

Resources

Maya:

Cacao beans, rivers, feathers of tropical birds

Aztec:

Cacao beans, Tenochtitlan

MesoamericasGovernment

Maya:

Ruled by hereditary kings

Aztec:

Bureaucracy

Social Hierarchy

Maya

Upper Class Privileged Nobles

Lower Class Royal Nobles

Slaves

Aztec

King

Noble

Craftsmen

Long-distance Merchants

Slaves

South AmericasIncas:

New World's greatest indigenous empire

IncaReligion

Gods of Nature

Human Sacrifice

Afterlife

Resources

Wool

Mines

Crops

Timber

IncaGovernment

Theocracy

Special deity was sun

Social Hierarchy

Emperor

High Priest

Noble

Commoners Slaves

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