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Colonial LifeColonial Life
Section ThreeSection Three
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•ProprietaryProprietary
•Secondary Secondary (corporate)(corporate)
•RoyalRoyal
Colonial Government Colonial Government TypesTypes
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Colonial Colonial GovernmentGovernment
assem b lies
G overn ors
K in g /P rop re ito r
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MercantilismMercantilism
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Colonial Colonial AdministrationAdministration
• First Colonial First Colonial PossessionsPossessions
• King Vs. ParliamentKing Vs. Parliament• English Civil WarEnglish Civil War• DistanceDistance
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The Stuart The Stuart RestorationRestoration
B oard o f Trad e
P rivy C ou n c il
K in g
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•Nav Act of 1660
•Nav Act of 1663
•Nav Act of 1673
•Nav Act of 1696
The Navigation The Navigation ActsActs
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**no colonial competition**•Woolens Act 1699
•Hat Act 1732
•Iron Act 1750
No colonial No colonial currency!currency!
Manufacturing Manufacturing Regulations to Limit Regulations to Limit
the American Economythe American Economy
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Agriculture in the South
•Agriculture for Export•Plantations
Virginia River Plantation c. 1720
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Slave Based Plantation Systems
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Middle Colonies = “Bread Colonies”
New England Farming =Subsistence
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Industry
• Shipbuilding• Saw Milling• Rum• Iron• Flour Milling• Fishing
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““Triangle Trade”Triangle Trade”13
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LaborLaborAlways a problem in early period
•Indentured Servants
•“Redemptioners” / “Free Willers”
•most served 3-7 years
•fifty acres was average reward
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SlaverySlavery
Attempted in the North, but not profitable
Worked perfectly on Southern Plantations
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•The Frontier
•Mingling of Nationalities
Social CultureSocial Culture
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Rapid Population Growth
WHY?WHY?• ImmigrationImmigration
• High Birth RateHigh Birth Rate
WHO?
•Palatine Germans
•Scotch-Irish
•African Slaves
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Social ClassesSocial Classes
• Aristocracy of Wealth
• Middle-Class• 3rd Class• 4th Class
*Not as severe as Europe*
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Religion in the Religion in the ColoniesColonies
• “Ordinarily Religious” didn’t emigrate• South: Anglican• Middle: Variety• New England: Predestination /“Blue
Laws”
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Salem Witch TrialsSalem Witch Trials
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Religious Religious Toleration?Toleration?
•Only Because it was Practical
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The Great The Great Awakening(1750)Awakening(1750)
• Reaction against the “Enlightenment”
• “Sinners in the Hands of and Angry God”
Jonathan Edwards
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EffectsEffects
• Increases Denominationalism
•Adds emotion to religion in America
•Appeals to poor = weakens Anglicans
•Establishes Colleges
Of The Great Of The Great AwakeningAwakening
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Colonial Colonial EducationEducation
•New England: educate so all can read Bible
•Middle: left to the individual churches
•South: private tutors for Plantation children
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The The EnlightenmentEnlightenment
Sun, not Earth is center of Sun, not Earth is center of UniverseUniverse
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•Rationalism
•Science
•Philosophy
•Jean Locke (1690)
•Jean Jacques Rousseau (1762)
•Deism
Enlightenment IdeasEnlightenment Ideas
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Forces for Colonial Unity
•Improvements in Travel•Immigrant mentality•Common enemy•Common British culture•Similar governmental styles
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Forces Dividing the Colonies
•Geographic distance•Climatic and Economic
differences•Class distinctions•National and Religious
differences•Governmental problems
