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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