Bacons Rebellion Sample summary After indentured servants got

Bacon’s Rebellion

Sample summary • After indentured servants got their freedom, they wanted land, so they moved west. Out west, they fought with Indians. When they asked for help from the east coast settlers, those settlers did not want to help. The rebels got angry and burned Jamestown. As a result, the South thought slavery was better since free indentured servants caused too much trouble.

Middle passage—journey of slaves to the New World Tied together below deck Horrible conditions, no bathroom access, bad smell, many people died

Great Awakening Jonathan Edwards n “The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider…is dreadfully provoked…it is nothing but his hand that holds you from falling into the fire every moment…”

Mercantilism

Sample summary n Mercantilism involves wanting to make money. Colonies are helpful because they are a source for raw materials as well as a place to sell finished products. In mercantilism, a country wants to maintain a favorable balance of trade, which means you want to export more than you import. England passed the Navigation Acts to keep making more money off the colonies.

French and Indian War

Main cause n British and colonists vs. French and Indians fighting over control of the Ohio River Valley

Two (or more) results of the war n French are removed from what is now the US, all the way to the Mississippi River n England has a lot of war debt n Colonists want to move west now that the French are gone