1. 3.2 The Agricultural South

2. The Plantation Economy
Key factors:
Decline in indentured servants
Rise in tobacco exports/ profits
Rice will be the cash crop of the deep south
Slave labor will be the foundation for the southern “slavocracy”

3. The Rise of Slavery Slave Labor
Native Americans not ideal – too knowledgeable
1690 slave population = 13,000
1750 slave population = 200,000 (text)

4. Triangle Trade
A series of overlapping and interconnecting triangles connecting Europe, Africa and North America
Most popular route(s):
Slaves to the “New World” (Middle Passage)
Raw materials to Europe
Manufactured goods to Africa

5. The Middle Passage

9. 1705 Virginia Assembly
"All servants imported and brought into the Country...who were not Christians in their native Country...shall be accounted and be slaves. All Negro, mulatto and Indian slaves within this dominion...shall be held to be real estate. If any slave resist his master...correcting such slave, and shall happen to be killed in such correction...the master shall be free of all punishment...as if such accident never happened.“ (pbs.org)

11. 3.3 The Commercial North

12. Northern Economy Diverse:
farming, ship building, commerce, education will come later (Harvard, Yale, Kings College)
The climate and agricultural leads the North away from slavery (rocky soil, short growing season, etc.)
Cities emerge: Boston, New York, Philadelphia

13. Salem Witch Trials Salem vs. Salem Village
Salem is coastal, wealthy and worldly
Salem Village, poor and isolated
Teenage girls from Salem Village accuse Tituba and then turn to accusing wealthy women from Salem
“Hysteria” grips the town – even animals are accused. Total 19 people executed.

14. The Great Awakening Jonathan Edwards
“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
Revival of Puritanism
George Whitefield
British born Calvinist minister
Makes several U.S. tours
Overwhelmingly popular