1. Colonial Life
Section Three

2. Colonial Government Types
Proprietary
Secondary (corporate)
Royal

3. Colonial Government

4. Mercantilism 4

5. Colonial Administration
problems
First Colonial Possessions
King Vs. Parliament
English Civil War
Distance

6. The Stuart Restoration

7. Nav Act of 1660 Nav Act of 1663 Nav Act of 1673 Nav Act of 1696
The Navigation Acts
Nav Act of 1660
Nav Act of 1663
Nav Act of 1673
Nav Act of 1696

8. Manufacturing Regulations to Limit the American Economy
**no colonial competition**
Woolens Act 1699
Hat Act 1732
Iron Act 1750
No colonial currency!

9. Agriculture in the South
Virginia River Plantation c. 1720
Agriculture for Export
Plantations

10. Slave Based Plantation Systems10

11. Middle Colonies = “Bread Colonies”
New England Farming =Subsistence

12. not in the southern colonies
Industry
Shipbuilding
Saw Milling
Rum
Iron
Flour Milling
Fishing
not in the southern colonies 12

13. “Triangle Trade” 13

14. Always a problem in early period
Labor
Always a problem in early period
Indentured Servants
“Redemptioners” / “Free Willers”
most served 3-7 years
fifty acres was average reward

15. Slavery Attempted in the North, but not profitable
Worked perfectly on Southern Plantations

16. Mingling of Nationalities
Social Culture =
EXCEPT:
The Frontier
Mingling of Nationalities

17. Rapid Population Growth
WHY?
Immigration
High Birth Rate
WHO?
Palatine Germans
Scotch-Irish
African Slaves

18. Social Classes Aristocracy of Wealth Middle-Class 3rd Class 4th Class
*Not as severe as Europe*
Aristocracy of Wealth
Middle-Class
3rd Class
4th Class

19. Religion in the Colonies
“Ordinarily Religious” didn’t emigrate
South: Anglican
Middle: Variety
New England: Predestination /“Blue Laws”

20. Salem Witch Trials 20

21. Only Because it was Practical
Religious Toleration?
Only Because it was Practical

22. The Great Awakening(1750) Jonathan Edwards
Reaction against the “Enlightenment”
“Sinners in the Hands of and Angry God”
Jonathan Edwards

23. Effects Of The Great Awakening Increases Denominationalism
Adds emotion to religion in America
Appeals to poor = weakens Anglicans
Establishes Colleges

24. Colonial Education New England: educate so all can read Bible
Middle: left to the individual churches
South: private tutors for Plantation children

25. Sun, not Earth is center of Universe
The Enlightenment
Copernicus
Sun, not Earth is center of Universe

26. Enlightenment Ideas Rationalism Science Philosophy Jean Locke (1690)
Jean Jacques Rousseau (1762)
Deism

27. Forces for Colonial Unity
Improvements in Travel
Immigrant mentality
Common enemy
Common British culture
Similar governmental styles
Show parts of PBS John Adams

28. Forces Dividing the Colonies
Geographic distance
Climatic and Economic differences
Class distinctions
National and Religious differences
Governmental problems