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focused on converting Natives and gaining wealth through tight control over colonies. (Think 3 Gs - period #1)
Characteristics of Spanish colonization
fewer inhabitants than other countries. The French and Dutch focused on trade (especially fur), alliances, and intermarriage with Native Americans.
Characteristics of French and Dutch colonization -
colonies were based on agriculture. English colonies saw a large number of men AND women inhabit the colonies. The English had relatively hostile relations with Native Americans.
Characteristics of English colonization
Native American revolt in the late 17th century in present-day New Mexico against the Spanish. The Spanish were expelled for over 10 years. Once they regained control, the Spanish began to take a more accommodating approach to Natives and allowed some religious accommodation.
Pueblo Revolt
Time period that focused on reason and knowledge and promoted new ideas about government (natural rights, consent of the governed, separation of powers). These ideas helped influence the American Revolution.
The Enlightenment
Economic policy that focuses on making money for the mother country. This policy favors a positive balance of trade for the mother country and the accumulation of gold and silver.
Mercantilism
Process of colonies becoming and acting British. This was influenced by print culture (newspapers and writings) and communities based on English models.
Anglicization
founded by mostly Puritans, a group of like-minded individuals. These colonies tended to be close-knit and had longer life expectancy than other English colonies. The economy was a mix of farming and trade.
Characteristics of New England colonies
These colonies were the most diverse religiously and saw the most immigrants from Europe. The economy was based on grain.
Characteristics of middle colonies
The Chesapeake (Maryland and Virginia) relied on indentured servants initially, later replaced by African slaves. Staple crops like tobacco, rice, and sugar made the colonies prosperous.
Characteristics of southern colonies
exchange of slaves between Africa and America
Middle Passage
a group of women that worked to recreate and spread the ideas of pro slavery and pro confederacy
- They created propaganda in textbooks writing false information about African Americans
Daughters of the Confederacy
exchange of goods between the triangle of Africa, Europe, and the Americas
Triangular trade-
1607-1754- the Atlantic economy developed a system where goods, enslaved Africans and Natives were traded throughout Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
Transatlantic trade
Massachusetts,
Rhode Island,
Connecticut,
New Hampshire
New England Colonies
New York,
Pennsylvania,
New Jersey,
Delaware,
Middle Colonies
Maryland,
Virginia,
North Carolina,
South Carolina,
Georgia,
Southern Colonies
-Established Massachusetts Bay Colony (1630)
-Led by John Winthrop
-Believed church should be purified/reformed
puritans
- First permanent British colony (1607)
-Started as a joint stock company “Virginia Company” (chartered by King James I) - Hoping to find riches in gold
- Death began to spread (malaria)
- Conflict with Native Americans.
Jamestown, Virginia
Who exported :lumber & rum
New England colonies
Who exported: wheat( grain, breadbasket)
Middle colonies
Who exported: tobacco
Chesapeake colonies
to have self-government, or independence. Native Americans and Africans sought to preserve autonomy in the face of contact with Europeans.
Autonomy
to take control of a person or group of people by force. Native Americans and Africans were subjugated by Europeans, often in the form of slavery.
Subjugation
