Chapter 3, Section 1

An Empire and Its Colonies

What’s so good about the Colonies?

• 1. Supplied _____ _______

• 2. Bought large amount of ______ ______

Problems at Home

• The English Civil War

• _________ vs. _________

Mercantilism

Trade Restrictions

• _________ Act– Colonies could sell certain items only to ____

• Sugar, tobacco, cotton

– Other items had to be sold through England• Charged a _______

– Must use _______ ships for their trade

Colonial Relations in the 1700s• Origins of ______ _________

– 3 types of colonies: ___,___,___– Overtime, most were turned ________– Government structure:

King appointed ________

Colonial Assembly:

_____ House (appointed by ____) and ______House (______ in)

Voters: White, landowning _______

_______ Neglect

• Why did the Colonies have the freedom of self-government?

• Strong local ______, weak ______ gov’t• Difficult to _______ control because of resources

and distance• Many colonists were proud to be _______• Served British _______

Colonial Economics

• Southern Colonies– Staple Crops

• VA, DE and MD: ________– 88.3 mil lbs a year by 1700

• SC and GA: ______– 83.8 mil lbs a year by 1770

– Difficult Crops• Lots of ______• Lots of ______

• The Middle Colonies– ________ led to great economies

• Farming: Grains (wheat, barley, rye)• Commerce:

– ________ and New York exploded with trade and population

– The _______ colonies became a _______ of all types of Europeans

• New England:– Small farms and towns with long distant trade

– “Carrying Trade”• Led to basing their economy on Triangular trade

Europe:

West Indies:

New England:

Africa: