Colonial America Unit 2 Vocabulary Cash Crops A crop grown by a farmer for sale rather than for personal use Dissenters Those who disagree with an established policy belief opinions etc ID: 366148
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Understanding BritishColonial AmericaSlide2
Unit 2 Vocabulary
Cash Crops
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A crop grown by a farmer for sale rather than for personal use
Dissenters
:
Those who disagree with an established policy, belief, opinions, etc.
Entrepreneurs
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People who organize, operate, and assume the risk for a business venture
Free Enterprise
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The ability and right to own and operate a business for profitSlide3
Unit 2 Vocabulary
Great Awakening
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A revival of religious feeling in the American colonies during the 1730s and 1740s
Huguenots
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French Protestants (usually Calvinists, like the Pilgrims) that were persecuted in France
Mayflower Compact
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An agreement signed by the Pilgrims creating a civil government with just and equal laws
Middle Colonies
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Colonies of New York, Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, and PennsylvaniaSlide4
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The Middle Passage
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The voyage that brought enslaved Africans to the West Indies and later to North America
New England Colonies
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Colonies of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island
Proprietorship
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An owner—particularly one of those granted ownership of, and full governing rights over, certain of the English colonies in North America
Quakers
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Members of the Society of Friends, a religious group persecuted for its beliefs in 17
th
century EuropeSlide5
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Southern Colonies
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Colonies of Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
Subsistence Farming
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A farm that grows crops for personal use rather than for sale (profit)
Tolerance
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Willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of othersSlide6
Dividing the Colonies
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern ColoniesSlide7
Predict the Economic Activities of the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies.Slide8
Economic Activities in New England
Shipbuilding
Fishing
LumberSlide9
Middle Colony Economic Activates
Trade
Shipping
Foodstuffs
(small scale subsistence farming)Slide10
Southern Colonies Economic Activities
Tobacco
Rice
Indigo
(Wheat)Slide11
Puritan New England
Mayflower Compact
Written agreement
Foundation of government
Close relationship between the government and religion
Combination of church and state
Why was religion important to the New England settlers?Slide12
Combination of Church and State
Many businessmen and women in stocks and pillories for such offenses as serving guests wine on Sunday, "for shaving on Sunday", "for delivering ice on Sunday", "for selling a glass of beer on Sunday", "for blacking shoes on Sunday", and "for working the growler on Sunday"; a notice states "Behold the Punishment of the Wicked Sabbath Breaker. Let All Evil Doers Beware".Slide13
Dissenters in the Midst
The Puritan way or the highway!
Dissenters unwelcome
Roger Williams Dissents
Colonial land must be purchased from the Natives
Gov’t
had no business punishing non-PuritansSlide14
Founding of Rhode Island
Founded by Roger Williams
Fled Massachusetts to create a colony for dissenters
Became a refuge for dissentersSlide15
More Dissenters: Anne Hutchinson
Challenged Puritan authority in Massachusetts
Church government denied freedom of religion
Didn’t need to go to church to find salvation (just your Bible)
Began preaching from her home
Banished from Massachusetts
Went to Rhode Island
Later moved to New York (Long Island)Slide16
Settling the Middle Colonies:William Penn
Penn was a Quaker
Society of Friends
Reject rituals, sacraments, and ceremonies
Tolerant of other religious and social groups
Soft spoken, opposition to warSlide17
Settling the Middle Colonies:
William Penn
Created Pennsylvania colony
Encouraged cooperation
Religious toleration
Philadelphia (political and economic center of PA)
“City of Brotherly Love”
Quaker State: belief in equality and friendshipSlide18
Settling the Middle Colonies:
Dutch owned colony along the Hudson River
New Netherlands
Trade port: New Amsterdam
King James II (the Duke of York) took claim of the Dutch colony
New York
New JerseySlide19
Southern Economics
Eastern Coastal:
Large plantations instead of shipping towns
Cash crops (tobacco, indigo, rice) to export to Europe
Small-scale subsistence farming
Further Inland:
Hunting
TradingSlide20
Southern Society
Based on family status and land ownership
Close ties to British society and hierarchy
Society dominated by large plantation owners (money talks…)
Mostly Anglican
Scots-Irish and German descendents in the mountainsSlide21
Southern Politics
Maintained strong political ties with the British government
Plantation owners controlled the southern colonies
Small farmers and planters represented the majority of the population
The Governor’s Palace in Williamsburg, VA
(the capital of the Virginia Colony)