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Colonial Society
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Trade laws in the colonies Mercantilism Minimize imports Encourage manufacturing Tributary colonies Providing raw materials New English markets Navigation Acts Shipping laws Entrepots Colonial exports
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The Caribbean The Caribbean Islands Sugar Cane Rum Labor issues White indentured servants Disease Intensive labor Slave labor
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Southern Colonies (MD, VA, NC, SC, GA) Lifestyles Tidewater Plantations Cash crops TobaccoOverproduction Circumventing the law “Plantation duty” “Plantation duty”Smuggling Decline in the market
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Lifestyles for the Backcountry Piedmont Small farms Conflicts with the Natives Sir William Berkeley Bacon’s Rebellion Nathaniel Bacon
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Example of conflict: The Carolinas South Carolina (plantations/city trade) Lifestyles Cash crops Rice, indigo Disease Overseers and slaves North Carolina (backcountry) Lifestyles Small farming/trading
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Maryland and Virginia Trading tobacco Imports Tobacco currency Lifestyles “Southern hospitality” Indebtedness Discounts and interest
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New England Colonies (NH, MA, RI, CT) ClimateLifestyles Small farmers Large extended families Whaling & fishing Merchants “Yankee traders” “Yankee traders” Triangle trade routes-Royal African Co. of England “Middle passage” Loose packing vs. tight packing
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Salem Witchcraft Trials (1692) A Commonwealth/Puritan mentality Abandoning Primogeniture Reverend Samuel Parris Elizabeth Parris & Abigail Williams Rebecca Nurse, Sarah Good, Bridget Bishop Tituba
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Dominion over New England James II Sir Edmund Andros The Glorious Revolution William and Mary Mass. becomes a royal colony
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