America’s HistorySixth Edition

CHAPTER 3

The British Empire in America1660–1750

Copyright © 2008 by Bedford/St. Martin’s

Henretta • Brody • Dumenil

The Politics of Empire, 1660–1713• The Great Aristocratic Land Grab• From Mercantilism to Imperial Dominion• The Glorious Revolution in England and America• Imperial Wars and Native Peoples

The Imperial Slave Economy• The South Atlantic System• Africa, Africans, and the Slave Trade• Slavery in the Chesapeake and South Carolina• The Emergence of an African American Community• Resistance and Accommodation• William Byrd and the Rise of the Southern Gentry• The Northern Maritime Economy

The New Politics of Empire, 1713–1750• The Rise of Colonial Assemblies• Salutary Neglect• Protecting the Mercantile System• The American Economic Challenge

Chapter 3 The British Empire in America1660–1750

• Map 3.1 The Dominion of New England, 1686–1689 (p. 74)

• Map 3.2 Britain’s American Empire, 1713 (p. 78)

• Map 3.3 Africa and the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1700–1810 (p. 81)

• Map 3.4 The Rise of the American Merchant, 1750 (p. 92)

• Figure 3.1 The Growth of Slavery in South Carolina, 1700–1740 (p. 85)

• Figure 3.2 Family Connections and Political Power, New Jersey, 1700–1776 (p. 94)

• Power and Race in the Chesapeake (p. 68)

• Rice Hulling in West Africa (p. 87)

• African Culture in South Carolina, c. 1800 (p. 88)