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Colonial America
Why did they come?
FIRST TOPIC
North America:
1. Trade
2. Religion
By Who?
The British, Spanish, and the French.
Trans-Atlantic Trade
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- Trade between the Old World (Europe and Africa) and the New World (North and South America.)
- We will focus on North America.
Trans-Atlantic Trade
Colombian Exchange
Trade
Trans-Atlantic Trade
Middle Passage
Trade
Triangle Trade
Mercantilism
- One of the main reasons Britain wanted colonies in North America.
- Idea that country wants to be self-sufficient by having more money than other countries.
Trade
Mercantilism
- Economic System
- Colonies provide raw materials for British production
- British sells manufactured goods.
- Make profits!
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SECOND TOPIC
The Middle Passage
The First Africans arrived in Jamestown in 1619 - 400 years ago - August 19, 1619.
- Middle Passage - Route that brought enslaved Africans to the New World from Africa.
The Middle Passage
As we watch the video, write down three observations that you made. Be prepared to volunteer your answers to the class.
Olaudah Equiano
- He was a man who was kidnapped as a child and forced into slavery and taken to the West Indies.
- As an adult in England, he wrote of the horrors of the Middle Passage.
- Most slaves went to the American South and worked on large plantations that grew cash crops.
Colonial Government
THIRD TOPIC
Salutary Neglect
England relaxed its enforcement of most regulations in return for economic loyalty from the colonies.
The colonies began to develop their own governments.
Virginia House of Burgesses
First colonial legislature. They made the laws for the colony of Virginia and made up of colonists.
- Only white, male property owners could vote.
- Could make laws and raise taxes.
Bacon's Rebellion
1676 - Rebellion against the colonial leaders by frontiersmen who did not feel like the government was protecting them from Native American attacks.
- Colonists did not like that they had no representation.
- They did not like being taxed.
- Bacon had only temporary success.
- First challenge to traditional authority.
Salutary Neglect
England relaxed its enforcement of most regulations in return for economic loyalty from the colonies.
- As long as they were trading with them, all was good.
- Changed when Britain started enforcing laws.
Salutary Neglect
Great Awakening
FOURTH TOPIC
And other challenges to traditional authority
Salem Witch Trials
Time when girls caught in religious fanaticism accused people in the community of Salem of witchcraft.
- Caused by strict limitations on women and fear of Native Americans.
- Highlighted social and religious tensions.
- Around 25 people died.
Enlightenment Ideas
Witch Trials made people question their beliefs.
- Embrace ideas of the Enlightenment, where science and reason began to be considered.
- Benjamin Franklin - Leading American Enlightenment thinker. Believed in science and experimentation to find truth.
- They question the authority of the British monarchy.
Jonathan Edwards
Preacher who wanted to re-energize the Puritan Church in Massachusetts through revival.
- Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.
- Scare people back to church.
- Traveling revivals led to the Great Awakening of the 1730s - 1740s.
Great Awakening
Religious revival of the 1730s-1740s that caused people to question the authority of the British monarchy.
- Brought many people into the church - colonists, Native Americans, African-Americans.
- New religious denominations developed.
- Stressed the importance of the individual.