Regional Economies

DevelopEssential Questions:• In what ways can geography lead to political, economic, and cultural conflict?

• Can a nation respect regional differences and create a national identity at the same time?

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Think, Pair, Share

How does where you live affect your everyday life?

(Describe at least 3 ways your life is affected)

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What are the themes of Geography?

• Location

• Region

• Place

• Movement

• Human-Environment Interaction

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Themes in Geography

• Location• Region• Place• Movement• Human-

Environment Interaction

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Geography Spotlight (pg. 60-61)

ODifferences in:OTemperatureOPrecipitationOSoil

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Geography Spotlight (pg. 67)

OTemperatureOPrecipitationOGrowing Season

OSoil

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Differences Among the Colonies

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Visual Summary, pg. 92

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Key Terms

1. cash crop2. plantation3. indentured servant4. Slave5. entrench

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Slavery in the South: 1650 – 1750

OWhat were the main reasons that English colonists turned to African slaves to fill their depleted labor force?O EconomicO Socio-cultural

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Key Questions• Why African slaves as opposed to Native

American slaves?• How did the decline in indentured servants

affect the price of indentured servants?• What made slaves a good investment?• What “ideas” did many white colonists have

about Africans?– How did those “ideas” help whites justify the use

of Africans as slave labor?

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Reasons Demand for African Slaves began to Rise

• Southern farmers needed more workers to keep up with rising demand for their produce

• They tried to enslave Native Americans but that did not work because– they refused to learn English farming methods– they knew the land too well – could easily escape

• There were less indentured servants, which made them more expensive (law of supply and demand)

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Reasons Demand for African Slaves began to Rise

• African slaves were expensive too, but they worked for their entire lives – which made them a better investment than indentured servants.

• Whites convinced themselves that dark skin was a sign of inferiority

• Whites assumed Africans were used to performing hard labor in hot climates

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Triangular Trade

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Describing TrendsOHow would you describe the

trends in American tobacco imported by England between 1619 and 1762?

OHow would you describe the trends in slave imports to Virginia from 1619 to 1762?

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Recognizing Relationships

OBetween which two years did tobacco imports increase the most?

OBetween which two years did the number of enslaved persons imported to Virginia increase the most?

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Making Connections

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The Northern Economy, 1650 - 1750

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Growth of the Factory System

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Let’s review the economic trends we’ve seen so far . . . .

18611650

1750

Civil War

Begins20

The Cotton Gin

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The Cotton Gin

Eli Whitney invents the Cotton Gin

(1793)

Cleaning cotton is

now faster and easier

Create a Cause and Effect Chain

At the same time, what is happening to the demand for cotton in the

North? Why? 22

Let’s review the trends we’ve seen so far . . . .

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1750

Civil War

Begins

Cotton Gin (1793)

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In what ways did the Northern economy help perpetuate the dependence on slave labor in

the South?24