Plantations, Cash Crops, and Slavery New England Rocky unfertile soil Natural harbors Fish, trade, lumber Southern Colonies Plantations, Cash Crops, and Slavery Appalachian Mountains Border between colonies and west
Mercantilism Raw materials sent to England Navigation Acts= Laws to control economy Middle Passage Journey of slaves Triangle Trade and Transatlantic Slave Trade
Representative Democracy Colonists elected representatives to run government Influenced by Enlightenment, British, Rome and Greece Mayflower Compact and House of Burgesses are examples of Representative Democracy
Declaration of Independence Is not a form of Government Letter giving reasons why they were revolting Influenced by John Locke and natural Rights Governments power comes from people (Consent of Governed) Right to revolt when governments abuse power Thomas Jefferson
Albany Plan of Union Colonies should join together to protect themselves Failed Colonies did not want to give up control over their colonies
Causes of America Revolution Denied Rights Proclamation 1763- couldn’t move west Stamp Act and No Taxation Without Representation Thomas Paine and Common Sense Boston Massacre
Important Individuals Thomas Paine Author of Common Sense Urged colonists to revolt John Peter Zenger Freedom of Press