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Colonial America. Commonalities, Conflicts and Commerce in Early America . English Takeover. PROBLEM Dutch settlers in the middle c olonies were geographically divisive to New England and the Southern English colonies SOLUTION A not so hostile takeover - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Colonial AmericaCommonalities, Conflicts and Commerce

in Early America

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English Takeover PROBLEM

› Dutch settlers in the middle colonies were geographically divisive to New England and the Southern English colonies

SOLUTION› A not so hostile takeover

Duke of York’s ships show up and the Dutch surrender

The groundwork for original 13 colonies is set

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Commonalities Varying religions and backgrounds of

colonists led to an attitude that aimed at tolerance for Christian religions as well as Jews› Some early conflicts between Protestants

and Catholics did occur, but eventually settled out

Each colony also had some form of government, and most had a representative government

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How did these contribute to an American Identity?

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Conflicts Many of the conflicts that arose out of

the early colonies arose from injustices › Native Americans› Slaves

Others arose out of taxes and other economic issues› Nathanial Bacon

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Native Americans and Colonists

Early colonists at times depended on Native Americans for survival

As colonies developed, the European population of North America grew, and began to infringe on many Native Americans way of life

SlaveryLand OwnershipOver fishing, hunting, farming

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King Philip’s War Metacom, known as King Philip to the

colonists, led an uprising against the colonists› Too much European influence› Disagreement over land use

Metacom’s tribe, the Wampanoag, along with other tribes attacked over forty towns

Colonists banded together along with friendly Native American tribes to defeat Metacom, resulting in further expansion into Native American Lands

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King Philip (cont.) Colonists banded together along with

friendly Native American tribes to defeat Metacom, resulting in further expansion into Native American Lands› Many of the defeated Native Americans

were sold into slavery

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Plantations in the South Southern climate was prime for

growing cash crops Southern farmers established very

large farms known as plantations› Plantation owners were society’s upper

class› Owners hired out work, acted as nobility› Much of the “hired” help were slaves

WHY SLAVERY

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Where Did They Live?

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Plantations Slavery via Africans was the preferred

method because› Native Americans were plagued by disease› Native Americans were able to escape

from capture relatively easy› Native Americans had family connections

and societal ties that allowed for better defense against captors

***ARTICLES/SOCRATIC CIRCLES***

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Slavery Africans already knew how to do much

of the labor required on plantations African slaves also didn’t have the

support systems or family connections to escape easily

Because of the nature of the slave trade, not all slaves even spoke the same language, making unity amongst slaves difficult

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Stono Rebellion To combat slavery, many slaves

purposely worked slowly, broke tools, and were defiant

Although the English owned much of the colonies in present day U.S., Spain was still in control of what is now Florida and didn’t allow slavery

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Stono Rebellion (cont) In 1739, 20 slaves gathered to march

south killing planters along the way while looking for other slaves to join their march

The rebellion grew to 100 strong, killing 20 planters and burning 7 plantations

The rebellion was eventually put down and those slaves who did not get killed in battle were surrounded and executed

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Slave Codes Events like the Stono Rebellion

convinced southern planters they needed a stricter set of laws for slaves› Slaves couldn’t leave without written

permission› Slaves couldn’t meet with free blacks› Slaves were not allowed to read

Treatment of slaves became more inhumane as laws such as these were passed

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Bacon’s Rebellion Nathanial Bacon was a former

indentured servant who had been living on the frontier

Frontier farmers along with Bacon began to complain to Virginia’s Governor William Berkeley about the number of Native American attacks on the frontier and the lack of protection provided by the Government

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Bacon’s Rebellion Bacon and the frontiersmen who

supported him were landless and felt Berkeley supported only the rich plantation owners

Bacon and his followers rebelled and burned much of Jamestown to the ground while taking control of the House of Burgesses

Berkeley eventually hanged 23 of Bacon’s followers after the rebellion ended

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Bacon’s Rebellion After the rebellion, King Charles

removed Berkeley from the Governor’s office

The House of Burgesses passed laws to prevent the Royal Governor from taking too much power.

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Commonalities in Rebellion Each rebellion affected the attitudes of

colonists› Metacom – Expansion into Native lands› Stono – Stricter Slave Codes› Bacon – Governmental Checks against

tyranny