Ch.3 Sect.2: The Agricultural South
What you will learn in this section Cash Crops How life was in Southern society Slavery Triangular Trade Middle Passage Stono Rebellion
A Plantation Economy Arises Cash Crop— Maryland, Virginia, NC… SC, Georgia… Plantations developed not towns Rivers were vital Few cities, Charleston most important
Life in Southern Society 1700s Euro immigrants Mostly small farmers Planters very powerful Women were 2nd class citizens Indentured servants, mostly white men Numbers declined
Slavery Becomes Entrenched Slaves— Natives could no longer be enslaved Economics Slaves cost more but they worked for life Whites thoughts on slaves Long before colonies, slaves were in West Indies Triangular Trade—
The Middle Passage Middle Passage— Cruelty Branded Smells Suicide 80-90% worked in fields Small farms… Domestic Slaves Olaudah Equiano
Resistance and Revolt Slaves faked illness, broke tools, work slowdowns Stono Rebellion White militia surrounded them Rebellions continued into 1800s Runaways
Ch.3 Sect.3: The Commercial North
What you will learn in this section Urban life in the North Salem Witch trials The Enlightenment The Great Awakening
Commerce Grows in the North 1650-1750 Colonies economy… Farms in North produced more than 1 crop Sold surplus Commercial economy… Manufactured… Port cities grew… Philadelphia 2nd largest city in British Empire! Slavery did exist in North Women in north few legal rights
Witchcraft Trials in Salem February 1692, several Salem girls accused slave of witchcraft Girls accused others as well Social and religious tensions Governors wife accused! Results…
Giles Corey
New Ideas Enlightenment— Spread by books and pamphlets Ben Franklin— Thomas Jefferson said humans have natural rights. British monarchy?
The Great Awakening 1700s Puritan church lost grip on society Jonathan Edwards— Traveling preachers Great Awakening— Authority challenged Increased interest in higher education Helped colonists question the British rule
George Whitefield
Ch.3 Sect.4: The French & Indian War
Rivals for an Empire France was Britain's biggest rival OH R. Valley 1534 France began their Empire Quebec was 1st permanent settlement in 1608 1682 La Salle claimed MS Valley 1760 New France only had… French colonists… Military alliances, how? Rivals for an Empire
La Salle
Britain Defeats an Old Enemy French Empire collided with Britains 1754 Ft. Duquesne built by French Virginia sent militia to kick French out George Washington led the way He built Ft. Necessity but lost it to French
Ft. Necessity
Early French Victories Braddock was to drive French out of OH Valley 1st attacked Ft. Duquesne Guerilla Warfare for French British suffered defeat after defeat in 1755-1756
Pitt and the Iroquois William Pitt selected by King George II Soon after started winning and gained Iroquois support 1759 Plains of Abraham War ended 1763 Treaty of Paris Britain took all land east of Mississippi
Plains of Abraham
New Problems Natives soon became… 1763 Ottawa leader Pontiac… British gave Natives… Proclamation of 1763— Did it stop the colonists from moving West?
The Colonies and Britain Grow Apart Financial Crisis Writs of Assistance in Massachusetts 10,000 troops… Another expense George Grenville new Prime Minister Sugar Act—