Britain and Her Colonies
The term used to describe Britain's ignorance towards her colonies
Salutary Neglect
More frequently seen in the Caribbean, this type of community comprised runaway slaves who escaped to the mountains, allowing them to continue practice of African culture and tradition
Maroon Communities
What types of goods were exchanged across the Atlantic?
Humans, Raw Materials (wood, tobacco, cotton, sugar, indigo, rice, fur), and Manufactured Goods (guns, clothing, etc.)
The names of the 3 colonial regions of the 13 colonies
New England, Southern, Middle
The system of labor in which poor English men/women worked for a set period of time in the colonies
Indentured Servitude
The growing colonial sentiment towards Great Britain
The colonies began to resent Great Britain and had a growing distrust of her due to this increasing amounts of control being exerted by her
What event marked a shift away from indentured servitude and towards an increase in the usage of enslaved African labor?
Bacon's Rebellion
Going into the 19th century, how frequently was the population doubling?
What effects did this have?
20 years.
The coasts became crowded, settlers wanted to move inland. Religious and ethnic diversity. Britain began to lose control of the colonists.
What demographic group populated the New England Colonies?
Puritans and/or Pilgrims
The event that marked a massive increase in religious participation across all 13 colonies
The Great Awakening
The laws passed by Britain to restrict the trading freedoms of the colonies
Navigation Acts
Molasses Act
The two ways that the enslaved resisted, and some examples of each
Overt: Violent Rebellion, Running Away, Arson
Covert: Faking Sickness, Working Slowly, Breaking Tools, Producing Mid Work
The philosophical movement that originated in Europe, and spread to the colonies through a strong transatlantic print culture. Name me some key beliefs created by those within the movement.
The Enlightenment
Consent of the governed, representative governments, natural human rights
These colonies were known as the Breadbasket of the 13 colonies, due to their massive production of grains
Middle
Metacom's English name
King Phillip
What is Mercantilism, and how did this impact Britain's relationship with her colonies?
The economic policy used by the British to justify colonization (they give us raw materials, we send them manufactured goods). The colonies became resentful of this seemingly one-sided relationship.
These people in the coastal southern colonies were isolated, allowing them to continue practice of many West African traditions
The Gullah Geechee people
How did the goals of the Dutch and French differ from those of Spain, when it came to the New World
Trade vs Permanent Settlements
Explain one way in which the plantation economy shaped the Southern colonies
Created a racial hierarchy
Created a reliance on forced labor
This preacher's "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" sermon exemplified the ideals of the Great Awakening.
Jonathan Edwards
What systems had an impact on the increase in colonial resistance towards the policies of Great Britain
How did slave laws impact the institution of slavery?
Allowed more and more control to be placed over the enslaved, controlling their bodies, they reproductive systems, their movement, and more, so wealthy planters could protect their investments and extract as much as they could out of the enslaved
Explain one continuity and one change in labor systems in the Atlantic World between 1600 and 1750.
Continuity: coerced labor (enslaved Africans, indentured servants) remained central to production.
Change: shift from indentured servitude toward race-based chattel slavery as demand for plantation labor increased.
How did environmental factors impact the development of the colonial regions? (I WANT SPECIFICS)
New England: Colder Climate and Rocky Soil led them to surround their economy around lumber, fishing, and trade.
Middle: Warmer climate then the NE Colonies, and more fertile soil allowed the Middle colonies to focus on grain planting
Southern: Hottest climates and the most fertile of soils drove the Southern colonies to create large plantations of cash crops, requiring outside sources of labor
This revolt in New Mexico saw an increased leniency given by the Spanish and a cultural blend that is still visible to this day
The Pueblo Revolt