Title: US History to 1877
1US History to 1877
- American Society in the Making
2The Chesapeake Colonies
- settling down 1650, 15,000 settlers
- the social crisis and the Bacon's Rebellion 4/1
landless skirmishes with Indians limited
resources, taxes extension of indenture - Chesapeake Gentry economic, social and political
status--Robert Carter peculiar world view and
reality
3Bacons Rebellion
- In 1676 settlers led by
- planter Nathaniel Bacon
- fought Virginias colonial
- government for failing to
- protect them from raids by
- the Susquehannock people.
- During Bacons Rebellion,
- settlers marched on
- Jamestown and burned the
- colonial capital. The
- Rebellion faded later that
- year after Bacon
- died from disease. This
- Illustration shows settlers
- defending their property
- from Native Americans
- during the rebellion.
4Chesapeake Gentry
- Who were they?
- Where did their wealth come from?
- What were their concerns?
- What was their world of dependence and
independence? - What role did they play?
5Robert Carter, a gentleman
- 6,000 to 300,000 acres of land
- Justice of peace
- Colonel of the militia
- Member of the council of state
- Rector of the college of William and Mary
- Holder of other public offices
6Origins and Expansion of Slavery
- 1440s, Portuguese brought Africans to Europe
- 1502, Portuguese landed Africans in Hispaniola
- an estimated 10 to 15 million Africans were
brought to the New World 10-15 percent died on
the way over most taken to the Caribbean, South
American colonies - 500,000 to 600,000 taken to North America (36
million as of 2002)
7Atlantic slave trade numbers
- British North America 399,000
- Spanish America 1,552,100
- British Caribbean 1,665,000
- French Caribbean 1,600,200
- Dutch Caribbean 500,000
- Danish Caribbean 28,000
- Brazil 3,646,800
- Old world 175,000
- Grand total 9,566,100
8Atlantic slave trade 1450-1900
- 1450-1600 367,000 3.1
- 1601-1700 1,868,000 16
- 1701-1800 6,133,000 52.4
- 1801-1900 3,330,000 28.5
- Total 11,698,000 100
9Characteristics of slave system in Americas
- high volume
- harsh treatment
- racism
- 1619, slaves sold in Jamestown 1675, only 5
were blacks in Virginia no plan to use Africans
at a massive scale
10Three stages of development in North America
- 1619-1640
- 1640-1660 Hugh Davis (1630 in Maryland) 1644
Maryland voted that black Christians could not be
freed and English women choosing to marry with
Negroes would be required to serve as slaves and
their children would be slaves - after 1660 lifelong, inheritable and racial
status - slavery became entrenched due to declining
mortality rate declining rate of white servants
and the breakup of monopoly of slave trade
11South Carolina
- Facing challenges from both France and Spain
- Threat from Native Americans
- The Yamasee War in 1715
- 1729, becoming a royal colony
- black population outnumbered white population 2
to 1
12The Yamasse War
13The founding of Georgia (1732)
a. military, social and economic motivation b.
utopian scheme land (500 acres), slavery,
prohibition c. growing pressure against the
trustees d. charter given back the monarchy
(1752)
14James Oglethorpe
- Elected to Parliament at 25
- Solve the problems of debtor in prison
- Get permission from King George II to make a
colony in America for debtors. - Oglethorpe is given a charter to create Georgia
(named after the king)
15Settling down in Georgia (I)
- strict rules on land and work
- carefully selected colonists
- 1732 pamphlets, sermons, speeches and newspaper
convinced people to move to Georgia from England - 35 families selected
- No debtors selected
- Farmers, carpenters, tailors, bakers, merchants
and trade people - Families received free land, weapons, tools and
had to live under trustee rules
16Settling down in Georgia (II)
- Settlement named Savannah after the river.
- Colonists get sick from drinking the water
- More colonist come and help out
17Settling down in Georgia (III)
- People are quitting and going to England
- 1750 add slavery
- 1752 British government takes over colony
- 1752 GA becomes a royal colony
- 1754 Captain John Reynolds kings representative
and CEO of colony
18GA settlers defending slavery
The felling of timber was a task very unequal to
the strength and constitution of white servants
and the hoeing the ground, they being exposed to
the sultry heat of the sun, insupportable and it
is well known, that this labor is one of the
hardest upon Negroes, even though their
constitutions are much stronger than white
people, and the heat no way disagreeable nor
hurtful to them but in us it created
inflammatory fevers of various kinds both
continued and intermittent, wasting and
tormenting flexes, most excruciating cholicks,
and dry bellyaches, tremors, vertigoes, palsies
and a long train of painful and lingering nervous
distempers which brought on to many a cessation
both from work and life.
19Colonial New England
- a. lived longer, strong community life,
stability and order b. Church, role of big
brother, conversion, support by taxes c. good
wives and witches - i. constant pregnancy ii. drudgery
iii. no control over property iv. could not
sue or sign contracts v. could not vote
vi. the Salem witch hunt in 1692 with 20
executions vii. 342 New Englanders were
charged with witchcraft and 3/4 were women
20Salem witch hunt trial
21The Demise of the Puritan Errand
- Civil war in 1642 and Charles I beheaded in 1649
thunder stolen - restoration in 1660 no way of going back
- unhappy merchants
- emphasis on privacy, less willing to be
converted declining membership
22The Dominion of New England
- Duke of York became King James II in 1685
- Massachusetts Bay Charter revoked in 1684
- 1686, turning Connecticut, Rhode Island,
Plymouth, New Hampshire and Bay into the
Dominion added New York and New Jersey later on - to centralize control and introduce effective
management of the colonies - Sir Edmund Andros appointed governor enforcement
of Navigation Acts, seizure of a local church
abolition of all titles imposition of new taxes
and prohibition of town meetings
23The Glorious Revolution
- King James forced into exile
- William and Mary brought to London halted the
drift toward royal power and established the
supremacy of Parliament - New Englanders revolted against the Dominion
24Aftershocks of the Glorious Revolution
- Dominion dismembered
- representative assembly reinstated
- Massachusetts, Plymouth and present-day Maine
turned into a single royal colony - property ownership replaced church membership as
the criteria for voting non-Congregationalists
not require to pay taxes religious toleration
introduced
25Middle colonies
- Commercial farming
- active trade
- ethnic and religious heterogeneity
- political diversity