Slideshow 5 Unit 1

1. American History Unit 1
Lecture 5
LIFE IN ENGLAND’S COLONIES

2. North vs. South
Northern Colonies
Southern Colonies
 Diverse Economy
 Agricultural Economy
 Based on trade and
 Plantation owners
shipping
 Small, independent
farms
 Public land
areas/more towns
develop
dominate society –
most people small
farmers
 Growing slave
population

3. North vs. South
Northern Colonies
Southern Colonies
Key Industries:
-shipbuilding
- iron works
- lumber
- trade
- few slaves
Key Crops:
- rice
- tobacco
- indigo
-Cash Crops
requiring
intensive slave labor

4. Grove Plantation – Charleston, SC – Rice Plantation
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5. Lives of Women
Northern Women
Southern Women
 No legal rights
 No legal rights
 Only single
 Only basic educations
women/widows can
own property
 Hard work on farms
 Motherhood/family
life
 Hard work for many
Anne Bradstreet, Puritan Poet
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 Motherhood/family
life

6. Slavery in the Colonial South
 Unique culture develops
among enslaved Africans
 Combine African
traditions and English
influence (storytelling,
dance, song, religion)
 Various means of
resistance
 Outright rebellions, like
Stono Rebellion of 1739,
almost always fail
Click on the sign for a PRIMARY
ACCOUNT of the Stono Rebellion.
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7. English Policies and Effects
How did England profit from the colonies?
Answer: MERCANTILISM
Mercantilism = economic system where nations try to
achieve a positive trade balance, accumulate wealth,
and expand in power and influence.

8. English Policies and Effects
Mercantilism – Colonies supply raw materials and
become a market for finished goods.
Navigation Acts – rules about how Colonies trade:
1. Certain products can only be sold to England
(sugar, tobacco, rice)
2. Any good sent to Europe must first pass through
England. Why?
3. Navigation Acts are not strictly enforced

9. English Policies and Effects
1688 – Glorious
Revolution in England
 King James II is replaced
by William and Mary in
a bloodless “revolution”
 Power of the Parliament
increases
English supervision of the
colonies/enforcement of
the Navigation Acts is very
loose…called:
SALUTARY NEGLECT
 Colonial assemblies gain
power,
 Merchants are allowed
to do what they want.
 Colonists begin getting
used to freedoms.

10. From www.south-carolina-plantations.com
2. From www.hmdb.com
3. From http://liternet.bg
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