The British Colonies1607-1750ish

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The Colonies ReligionWestward Expansion

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SlaveryMercantilism

Name one goal of mercantilism

Name the other goal of

mercantilism

Positive balance of trade

The two purposes of colonies under

mercantilism

Purpose of the 1660 Navigation

Acts

What was the first British colony to be founded? In what

year?

The three regions of the British colonies…

These two Middle Colony cities were ethicnally diverse

centers of commerce. Why?

Crops that are constantly in

demand…

The New England colonies economy

flourished with this economic activity…

The slave voyage from Africa to the Americas

This colony had more Africans than

Europeans in the 1700s…

These crops were harvested in brutal

conditions in SC and GA

This crop saved Jamestown and was

harvested in MD, VA, and NC

How was life different for slaves in SC/GA than it

was in the Middle Colonies?

Religious movement in the early- to mid-1700s

evangelical = ____

Name one of two important traveling

preachers of the Great Awakening

Name of the song whose annotated

lyrics we analyzed

Results of the Great Awakening

Name one of two reasons why the British colonial

populations were doubling every 25 years

in this era (keep it clean…)

Name one issue that the French and British

fought over in 1600s-1700s North America

Name one issue that the French and British fought over in 1600s-1700s North

America

The main region where the British and French

came into conflict

The reason for the British colonies westward

migration.

Make your wager

What major power did colonial legislatures have over royal

governors?

What is 1) acquire as much bullion as

possible

2) Have a positive balance of trade?

What is 1) acquire as much bullion as

possible

2) Have a positive balance of trade?

What is more exports than

imports?

1) Provide raw materials/natural

resources

2) buy products from the parent country;

market for manufactured goods

control colonial trade; use English

ships; trade certain raw materials only

to England

What is Jamestown, VA, in 1607?

What are New England, Middle,

and Southern?

What are NYC and Philly? They are

port cities!

What are staple crops or $$$ crops?

What is trade (carrying trade)?

What is the Middle Passage?”

What is South Carolina?

What is rice and indigo?

What is tobacco?

Slaves in the deep south had very little

interaction with whites, conditions

were worse

What is the Great Awakening?

What is enthusiastic/ emotional preaching;

power comes from Book, not the

preacher?

Who are Jonathan Edwards or George

Whitefield?

What is Mission Temple Fireworks

Stand?

More personal connection with God; a

more democratic religion (not relying on church/social status);

rise of evangelical denominations?

What is immigration and

child birth?

What is fishing or the fur trade?

What is fishing or the fur trade?

What is the Ohio River Valley?

What is overcrowding in

the existing colonies and a

desire to expand

They set the salaries $$$$$$ for the royal governor