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1 Life in the English Colonies
A Review

2 Timeline of Important Events
1607- Jamestown is founded 1619- first Africans arrive via Dutch traders 1638- Maryland is 1st colony to legally recognize slavery 1676- Bacon’s rebellion 1686- Dominion of New England is established 1692- Salem Witch Trials 1705- Virginia’s slave code formally regulates slavery 1763- French/Indian War ends in North America (bt France & England over land; England won)

3 Top Crops Tobacco Rice indigo cotton

4 Top Industries Lumber Whaling Fishing Shipbuilding

5 Puritans See p. 94

6 Urban Society Classes: Wealthy merchants Artisans Unskilled workers

7 Navigation Acts Attempt by Britain to control trade and shipping bt England & the colonies Not well enforced

8 John Locke Wrote Two Treatises of Government Natural Rights
Life Liberty Property Social contract- To protect their rights, people had come together and mutually agreed to create a government. They had created a contract. The had agreed to obey the government’s laws, and the government agreed to uphold their rights in return.

9 Enlightenment Movement during the 1700s that promoted science, learning, and reasoning

10 Great Awakening Religious movement that stressed dependence on God and gained wide appeal among farmers, workers, and slaves. Revival VIPS Jonathan Edwards George Whitefield

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