Colonial Life Section Three 1 Colonial Government Types

Colonial Life Section Three 1

Colonial Government Types • Proprietary • Secondary (corporate) • Royal 2

Colonial Government 3

Mercantilism 4 4

Colonial Administration • • First Colonial Possessions King Vs. Parliament English Civil War Distance 5

The Stuart Restoration 6

The Navigation Acts • Nav Act of 1660 • Nav Act of 1663 • Nav Act of 1673 • Nav Act of 1696 7

Manufacturing Regulations to Limit the American Economy **no colonial competition** • Woolens Act 1699 • Hat Act 1732 • Iron Act 1750 No colonial currency! 8

Agriculture in the South Virginia River Plantation c. 1720 • Agriculture for Export • Plantations 9

Slave Based Plantation Systems 10

Middle Colonies = “Bread Colonies” New England Farming =Subsistence 11

Industry • • • Shipbuilding Saw Milling Rum Iron Flour Milling Fishing 12 12

“Triangle Trade” 13

Labor Always a problem in early period • Indentured Servants • “Redemptioners” / “Free Willers” • most served 3 -7 years • fifty acres was average reward 14

Slavery §Attempted in the North, but not profitable §Worked perfectly on Southern Plantations 15

Social Culture = • The Frontier • Mingling of Nationalities 16

Rapid Population Growth WHY? • Immigration • High Birth Rate WHO? • Palatine Germans • Scotch-Irish • African Slaves 17

Social Classes *Not as severe as Europe* • Aristocracy of Wealth • Middle-Class • 3 rd Class • 4 th Class 18

Religion in the Colonies • • “Ordinarily Religious” didn’t emigrate South: Anglican Middle: Variety New England: Predestination /“Blue Laws” 19

Salem Witch Trials 20

Religious Toleration? • Only Because it was Practical 21

The Great Awakening(1750) • Reaction against the “Enlightenment” • “Sinners in the Hands of and Angry God” Jonathan Edwards 22

Effects Of The Great Awakening • Increases Denominationalism • Adds emotion to religion in America • Appeals to poor = weakens Anglicans • Establishes Colleges 23

Colonial Education • New England: educate so all can read Bible • Middle: left to the individual churches • South: private tutors for Plantation children 24

The Enlightenment Sun, not Earth is center of Universe 25

Enlightenment Ideas • Rationalism • Science • Philosophy • Jean Locke (1690) • Jean Jacques Rousseau (1762) • Deism 26

Forces for Colonial Unity • Improvements in Travel • Immigrant mentality • Common enemy • Common British culture • Similar governmental styles 27

Forces Dividing the Colonies • Geographic distance • Climatic and Economic differences • Class distinctions • National and Religious differences • Governmental problems 28