1. 3. Putting Down Roots

2. Farming ranges from subsistence to plantations of over 2000 acres.
Tobacco, rice, indigo, tar
Aristocratic hierarchy (also slaves)
Very English
Great Wealth and Extreme poverty
Southern Colonies

3. Controllable labor supplied by the English who made lots of $$$$$$$
Legal in all the colonies
As time passed more controls were placed on the population
The larger the slave population, the more isolated the slaves became.
Treatment varied from location to location.
Roots of Slavery

4. The importation of African slaves became increasingly important for the continued economic growth of several southern colonies.
Slavery

5. Stono Rebellion Sometimes called Cato’s Conspiracy or Rebellion.
First armed slave rebellion.
When it was over, the controls tightened across the colonies.
Stono Rebellion

6. New England Families are the center of a God ordained society
Rapid population growth
Grandparents was grandchildren grow
Rocky soil, small farms
Early growth of industry
Logging, shipbuilding, fishing,
trading and rum-distilling.
More equality and social mobility
New England

7. Women in New England Partners in the household
Do not have full legal rights
Largest population in churches
Filled gender roles
More freedom then women
in later years.
Work done at home and all
participated.
Women in New England

8. Middle Colonies Most diverse of all the colonies
Small farms with rich soil.
Larger towns as trading centers
Wheat, corn and iron-making
Focused on shipping and fishing
Had the best relationship with Indians
Middle Colonies

9. At first the English did not interfere with life in the colonies.
This allowed them to develop their own governmental and trading systems
England began to increase their economic control over the colonies.
Result would be the adoption of mercantilism.
Salutary Neglect