America’s HistoryFifth Edition

Chapter 3: The BritishEmpire in America,

1660–1750

Copyright © 2004 by Bedford/St. Martin’s

Henretta • Brody • Dumenil • Ware

Chapter 3:The British Empire in America

(1660–1750)

• Map 3.1 The Dominion of New England, 1686–1689 (p. 73) • Map 3.2 Britain’s American Empire, 1713 (p. 77) • Map 3.3 Africa and the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1700–1810 (p. 78) • Map 3.4 The Rise of the American Merchant, 1750 (p. 93) • Figure 3.1 The Growth of Slavery in South Carolina (p. 85) • Figure 3.2 Wealth Inequality in the Northern Cities (p. 94) • Figure 3.3 Family Connections and Political Power (p. 94) • Power and Race in the Chesapeake (p. 68) Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore.• William Penn, Quaker Proprietor (p. 71) Contract: Jonathan Horne.• Rice Hulling in West Africa and Georgia (p. 87) Library of Congress / Georgia

Department of Archives and History, Atlanta.

The Politics of Empire, 1660–1713• The Restoration Colonies• From Mercantilism to Dominion• The Glorious Revolution of 1688• Imperial Wars and Native Peoples

Map 3.1 The Dominion of New England, 1686-1689 (p. 73)

Power and Race in the Chesapeake (p. 68) Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore.

William Penn, Quaker Proprietor (p. 71) Contract: Jonathan Horne.

Map 3.2 Britain’s American Empire, 1713 (p. 77)

The Imperial Slave Economy• The South Atlantic System• Slavery in the Chesapeake and South Carolina• African American Community and Resistance• The Southern Gentry• The Northern Maritime Economy

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Map 4.1: African Origins of North American Slaves, 1690–1807

Map 3.3 Africa and the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1700-1810 (p. 78)

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Rice Hulling in West Africa and Georgia (p. 87) Library of Congress

Rice Hulling in West Africa and Georgia (p. 87) Georgia Department of Archives and History, Atlanta.

The New Politics of Empire,1713–1750

• The Rise of Colonial Assemblies• Salutary Neglect• Protecting the Mercantile System of Trade

Immigration and British Colonial Expansion, to 1755

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French and Spanish Occupation of North America, to 1750

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Distribution of Non-Indian Nationalities Within the British Mainland Colonies, 1700–

1755

Ethnic and Racial Composition of the American People, 1790

The Colonial Economy

Map 3.4 The Rise of the American Merchant, 1750 (p. 93)

Colonial Trade Patterns, c. 1770

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Figure 3.1 The Growth of Slavery in South Carolina (p. 85)

Figure 3.2 Wealth Inequality in the Northern Cities (p. 94)

Figure 3.3 Family Connections and Political Power (p. 94)