1. Warm up
Were the British colonies in North America overall more alike or more different in terms of geography, economy, politics and society/ culture?
Partner with longer hair argue the “more alike” side
Partner with shorter hair  argue the “more different” side

2. *Lunch Review session today
Agenda 9/8/14
Objectives:
Warm up: more alike or more different?
Challenges facing the British Empire,
Understanding graphs in history
Define and describe the Atlantic World and mercantilism
Compare/contrast Bacon’s Rebellion and King Philip’s War
Interpret graphs of historical data

3. A Volitile Atlantic World
Challenges to the British Empire,

4. The Atlantic World
The Atlantic World is the history of the interactions among the peoples and empires bordering the Atlantic Ocean rim from the 1450s to the early 21st century.

5. The British Empire Challenges: Economic competition (mercantilism)
Wars for Empire with other European powers
Conflict with Native Americans

6. Mercantilism
An economic policy used by European nations during the 17th and 18th centuries
Acquire colonies and control them through economic development
Control raw materials and markets
Gold and silver
Maintain a favorable balance of trade
Exports > imports = $$$
Maintain and strong navy

8. Mercantilism
To what extent did the Navigation acts reflect Mercantilism de facto compared to de jure?
De Jure- Strictly according to the written law (the speed limit is 65 mph on the 101)
De Facto- What people actually do in fact (people drive 70 mph on the 101)
Specific Evidence (name, event, act)
De Facto?
De Jure?
State Trading Companies 117
Enumerated Commodities/ goods 117
Money circulation in the Colonies 117
Salutary neglect
Massachusetts bay rum exports 118

10. Compare and Contrast: Challenges for the British in North America
King Philip’s War pg 79-80
Similarities
Bacon’s Rebellion 80-81

11. Understanding Graphs of Historical Information
What do we need to look for?
Figure 5-2 Population of New Spain, New France, and the British North American Colonies,

12. Understanding Graphs of Historical Information
1. The pattern depicted in the graph from best serves as evidence for which of the following?
A) The Spanish encouraged intermarriage with Native Americans.
B) French and British colonial immigration patterns mirrored each other.
C) Disease was a major limiting factor in the increase of colonial populations.
D) The British colonial population grew more rapidly than French and Spanish populations.
Figure 5-2 Population of New Spain, New France, and the British North American Colonies,

13. Figure 1:

14. Immigration to the United States