Colonial Differences
This factor most shaped New England society and government
religion (Puritan beliefs)
This labor system declined as slavery increased
indentured servitude
This policy meant Britain loosely enforced colonial laws
salutary neglect
This movement emphasized emotion and personal faith
The Great Awakening
First permanent English settlement in North America
Jamestown
This factor most shaped the Southern Colonies’ economy
cash-crop agriculture
This event showed tensions between poor whites and elites, speeding the shift to slavery
Bacon’s Rebellion
This economic system kept colonies dependent on Britain
mercantilism
This earlier belief system emphasized predestination
Puritanism (Calvinism)
This document established self-government in Plymouth
The Mayflower Compact
This region became the most culturally diverse due to immigration
The Middle Colonies
This system became race-based and hereditary in the colonies
chattel slavery
These laws restricted colonial trade to benefit England
The Navigation Acts
This was a major effect of the Great Awakening
increased religious diversity
This conflict revealed class tensions in Virginia society
Bacon’s Rebellion
The main difference between New England and Southern colonies was this
community-based vs plantation-based society
The main reason plantation owners switched to African slavery
more permanent and controlled labor
This concept allowed colonies to develop self-government
colonial autonomy
This Enlightenment idea influenced colonial government
natural rights
This war set the stage for later British-colonial tensions
The French and Indian War
This geographic factor led to smaller farms in New England and large plantations in the South
climate and soil differences
This trade forcibly transported Africans to the Americas
The Middle Passage
This event increased British control and angered colonists before 1700
The Dominion of New England
This thinker argued people have life, liberty, and property
John Locke
This overall trend defined Period 2 development
increasing colonial independence from Britain