1750 British North America

13 Colonies divided into New England, Middle, Chesapeake and Deep South

Characterized by? Are British colonies more similar or different?

How do they define themselves?

What is a colony?

• Salutary Neglect-

• What is the parent/child analogy related to colonization?

Government

• British Government set up?

• Colonial Government set up?

Colonial legislatures, colonial governors

Terms: House of Burgesses, town meetings, etc.

Who has ultimate authority to make final decisions?

Types of Colonies

• Royal colony- Royal Governor answers to king examples? Virginia

• Proprietary colony- Colony given to man or group to settle Georgia…..Pa…..S.Carolina

• Charter Colony? Virginia begins as one with Virginia Company and Mass begins as one

Reason for Settlement

• Virginia? • Massachusetts?• Rhode Island?• Maryland?• Pennsylvania?• New Amsterdam? New York?• South Carolina?• Georgia?

Economics

• Triangular Trade: Trade from Europe to Africa to America

• Mercantilism: European policy that colonies exist for the economic benefit of the mother country……colonies provide raw materials…..mother country provides manufactured goods

• Most colonists are farmers…….

• N. England economy?

Economics

• Middle Colonies:

• Cash Crop farms/Plantations

• Chesapeake colonies:

• Lower South colonies:

Religion

• American colonies founded off of Protestant Reformation-

• Almost all colonists Protestant• Each of the colonies religiously different story• Mass, Ct.- Theocracy!!!!!overwhelmingly

Puritan….Congregational and homogenous• Rhode Island great exception to New England

homogenous story….R.I. begun in opposition to Mass allowing for religious freedom

Colonial Religion Cont.

• Pennsylvania: William Penn is originator:Pa. originally founded as place for QuakersHow different from Puritans in Mass? Overwhelmingly diverse with many denominations• Virginia- Initially Anglican or Church of England

in 1700’s new development of methodists and baptists and others

• Maryland- Initially founded for Catholics…Act of Toleration 1649 famous for allowing all

Christians freedom of religion

Social Populace

• New England overwhelmingly living in small towns with homogenous populace

Central N.England hub? Middle Colonies- overwhelmingly fertile areas for

great growing opps. Breadbasket of the colonies overwhelmingly heterogenous

Middle colonial hub? • Chesapeake and Lower South very few townsHub of Lower South? Usually live on farms or plantations

overwhelmingly biracial

Labor Source of midcentury

• Indentured Servants prominent in colonies especially in 1600’s

• What is an ind. Servant?

• African Slavery becomes prominent in 1700’s

• Where is African slavery legal in the colonies?

• How is it different in the different regions?

How are colonists similar?

• When do colonies first find common interest?