Life in Colonial Life in Colonial AmericaAmerica

Chapter 2, Section 2Chapter 2, Section 2

PART 2

Plantation Life in the Plantation Life in the SouthSouth

Cash Crops

A large farm

A plantation =

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Slavery in the SouthSlavery in the South

domestic slaves field hands

Who were the bosses that kept the slaves working hard?

overseers

Virginia, 1705 – "If any slave resists his master...correcting such a slave, and shall happen to be killed in such correction...the master shall be free of all punishment...as if such accident never happened."

Slave Codes

The Great AwakeningThe Great Awakening

What was it?

A powerful religious revival that swept over the colonies beginning in the 1720s.

Effects

•Emphasis on education grows•Belief grows that all people are created equal•Makes Americans more willing to challenge authority

EducationEducationin the Coloniesin the Colonies

Influence of the Influence of the EnlightenmentEnlightenment

Benjamin Franklin

The Enlightenment was a movement that began in Europe and spread the idea that knowledge, reason and science could improve society.

Who was the best known scientist in

the American colonies?

The 13 ColoniesThe 13 Colonies

British Trade PolicyBritish Trade Policy

For many years Great Britain had allowed the American colonies the freedom to run their local affairs. However, the British government controlled the colonies’ trade according to the ideas of mercantilism.

POWER

How does a nation like Great Britain conserve it’s bullion? By creating a favorable balance of . . . . TRADE (exporting more than you

import)

The Navigation ActsThe Navigation Acts(and the trouble begins)(and the trouble begins)

Act =

LawThe Navigation Acts were a series of laws passed by

Parliament in the 1650s to control trade in the colonies.

Under these laws, the colonists had to:

1.Sell their raw materials to Britain, even if they could get better prices elsewhere.2.Any goods bought by the colonies from other countries had to go to England first to be taxed.3.All trade goods had to be carried on ships built in Britain and use British captains and crews.

Trade PoliciesTrade Policies

Why so “bossy”???Parliament wanted to keep as much money as possible WITHIN the British Empire. Remember, $ = POWER.

Colonial ResistanceColonial Resistance

Control on trade would later cause conflict between the American colonies

and England.

2.2 Review 2.2 Review QuestionsQuestions

1.1. Farmers who generally produced just enough to Farmers who generally produced just enough to meet the needs of their families, with little left over meet the needs of their families, with little left over to sell.to sell.

2.2. Trade routes that linked the Americas to West Africa.Trade routes that linked the Americas to West Africa.

3.3. Crops that could be sold easily in markets in the Crops that could be sold easily in markets in the colonies and overseas.colonies and overseas.

4.4. Name the 2 American cities that became important Name the 2 American cities that became important port cities in the colonies.port cities in the colonies.

5.5. Laborers who agreed to work without pay for a Laborers who agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time to pay for their passage to certain period of time to pay for their passage to America.America.

6.6. Bosses who kept the slaves working hard.Bosses who kept the slaves working hard.

2.2 Review Questions, 2.2 Review Questions, contcont’’dd

7.7. Name at least one Christian denomination that did not Name at least one Christian denomination that did not believe in slavery.believe in slavery.

8.8. A great religious revival that swept across the colonies in A great religious revival that swept across the colonies in the 1730the 1730’’s and 1740s and 1740’’s.s.

9.9. The best-known scientist in the colonies.The best-known scientist in the colonies.

10.10.A grant of rights and privileges would be granted to this A grant of rights and privileges would be granted to this type of colony.type of colony.

11.This type of colony would be owned by an individual or a 11.This type of colony would be owned by an individual or a small group of individuals.small group of individuals.

12.12.This type of colony was under direct English control.This type of colony was under direct English control.

13.13.Name the British trade laws that greatly restricted Name the British trade laws that greatly restricted colonial trade.colonial trade.