1. Britain’s American Empire, 1713

2. French and Indian Wars
The Battle for Supremacy in North America England vs. France
( )
French raided English outposts and settlements on the frontier
Resulted in  status quo
( )
English gained Nova Scotia and trading rights in Spanish America
(1740/ )
Colonists captured Fort Louisbourg from French
Treaty handed Louisbourg back to France  enraging the victorious New Englanders

3. The South Atlantic System
Sugar, tobacco, rice…
Plantation societies
Slaves (wars had won England a contract to supply slaves to Spanish America for 30 years)
Portuguese ( )  Dutch ( )  British ( )
British transport about 3 million Africans to Americas (1/2)
British made money on: sugar (10%), slaves (3-4x), trade goods (90-70%) exchanged for slaves
Stimulated shipbuilding

4. Life in Southern Society
Southern Social Structure
Upper Class
Middle Class
Lower Class
*hereditary

5. A Plantation Economy Arises
Southern colonies were mostly agricultural
 grown primarily for sale rather than for farmer’s own use
Tobacco (VA, MD, NC)
Rice (SC, GA)
Tidewater
Piedmont
Fall Line

7. Slavery Becomes Entrenched
Labor needs
Native Americans
Indentured Servants
African slaves
Worked for life
Difficult to escape
Resistance to European diseases
Knowledge of farming techniques
Most (80-90%) worked in fields in North America
Triangular
Trade

9. Olaudah Equiano, 1789
"The first object which saluted my eyes when I arrived  on the coast was the sea, and a slave ship which was then riding at anchor and waiting for its cargo.  I now saw myself deprived of all chance of returning to my native country." 
"The closeness of the place, and the heat of the climate, added to the number in the ship, which was so crowded that each had scarcely room to turn himself, almost suffocated us." 

10. Stowage of the British Slave Ship Brookes, 1790

11. Africans Cope in Their New World
Surrogate families
Religious/spiritual practices
Dance
Language
Daily forms  illness, breaking tools, slowing down
Revolt
: 1739
Slaves killed several planter families
Attempted to march south to Spanish Florida
Stopped by militia
Led to stricter slave laws
Escape
Gullah