British Empire in America
I. The Restoration Colonies
-Charles II.
-proprietorships
-New York
II. The Carolina’s
-Manorial system
III. Pennsylvania
-William Penn
-Society of Friends
-Frame of Government
IV. Mercantilism to Dominion
-Mercantilism
-Navigation Acts
-Revenue Act 1673
-Lords of Trade and Massachusetts
-James II
-Glorious Revolution 1688
-Uprisings in Colonies
V. Imperial Wars
-War of Spanish Sucession
Imperial Slave Economy
I. South Atlantic System
-Fertile lands
-Enslaved laborers from Africa
-Capital and Ships from Europe
-Sugar revolution
-Middle passage
II. Slavery in South Carolina Chesapeake
-Tobacco revolution
-absentee owners
-overseers
-Shifting to slavery by race
-Slavery in Chesapeake
-Slavery in South Carolina
III. Emergence of African Americans Culture
-1st Tribal
-New language
-Traditions
IV. Oppression and Resistance
-outright resistance
-Stono Rebellion
-passive resistance
V. Southern Gentry
Northern Maritime Economy
I. Urban Development
-Seaport Society
-Urban Gentry
-Artisan and Shopkeepers
II. The New Politics of Empire
-Colonial Assemblies
-Elitist System
-Popular control
-Salutary Neglect
-Sir Robert Walpole
-Court vs. Country party
-Protecting Mercantile system
-War of Jenkins’ Ear(War of Austrian Succession)
-Treaty of Aiz-la-Chapelle
-Molasses Act of 1733
-Currency Act (1751)
-Increased Control
Colonial Society 1720-1765
I. Freehold Society in New England
-Farm Families
-Helpmates
-Standard of living
-Inheritance
-indentured servants
-freeholder
-“marriage portion”
-Crisis of Freehold society
-increase population
-wild children
-productive crops
-household mode of production
II. Middle Atlantic
-Economic growth
-New York
-fertile lands & long growing season
-manorial lords
-Inefficient farm equipment
-New Jersey and Pennsylvania
-wealthy agriculturists
-outwork
-Cultural diversity
-Quakers
-Germans
-Scots-Irish
-Religious Identity and political conflict
Enlightenment and Great Awakening 1740-1765
I. Enlightenment in America
-Christian Beliefs
-Enlightenment thought
-John Locke
-Social compacts
-Natural rights
-Franklin-Deism
-Secular dimension
II. American Pietism and Great Awakening
-Pietism
-Whitefield 1739
-New Light
-Upheaval in the North
-Conflict between New and Old
-Awakening undermined
-traditional churches and ministers
-reaffirmed communal ethics
-Questioned pursuit of wealth
-Conflict in the South
-Gentry threatened
-Black and white spirituality
War, Trade, and Social Conflict 1750-1765
I. French and Indian War
-Causes
-Fort Duquesne.
II. Seven years War
-William Pitt
-Quebec
-Treaty of Paris 0f 1763
-Pontiac’s Rebellion
-Proclamation line of 1763
III. Economic Growth
-Industrial Revolution
-“Consumer Revolution”
-increase standard of living
-increased exports
-debt
-dependent on overseas creditors
IV. Land Conflicts