If they desire that Piety and godliness should prosper

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If they desire that Piety and godliness should
prosperlet them choose a country such as this
is which may yield sufficiency with hard labour
and industry

• The Thirteen Colonies
• and the British Empire1607-1750

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The Chesapeake Colonies

• Virginia
• Bacons Rebellion
• Highlighted sharp differences between rich and
  poor
• Also highlighted colonial resistance to royal
  control
• Economic Problems
• Low tobacco prices
• Better economic times in England led to a
  decrease in available indentured servants
• This leads to the growth of slavery

• Maryland
• Founded with the idea that it would be a haven
  for Catholics
• Act of Toleration passed in 1649, only for
  Christians
• A later protestant revolt resulted in the repeal
  of the Act.

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The New England Colonies

• Rhode Island
• Founded by Roger Williams as a haven for
  religious tolerance
• Anne Hutchison also founded a colony in Rhode
  Island that espoused antinomianism, the belief
  that faith alone is enough for salvation

• Connecticut
• The first constitution in America was drawn up by
  those in Conn.
• The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut established
  a representative gov.
• Its royal charter allowed them the freedom to
  choose their own governor

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The New England Colonies

• King Phillips War
• The New England Confederation fought a vicious
  war against, Metacom, who had united the tribes
  in and around New England
• The colonists eventually prevailed and this was
  the last significant challenge posed by the N.A.
  in New England

• The Halfway Covenant
• The weakening of Puritan control led them to
  adopt the Halfway Covenant (1662)
• People could become members of the church w/o
  making a full declaration of their belief in
  Christ
• This was generally adopted because of the
  lessening interest of the colonial-born
  population in religious matters

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Mercantilism

• The economic system of the colonial period
• The colonies provided raw materials for British
  production
• The British would manufacture goods and send them
  back to the colonies and around the world
• This system allowed the British to accumulate
  vast wealth
• The Acts of Trade and Navigation
• Colonial ships could only trade with the British
• All imports into colonial America had to travel
  through British ports on British ships
• Certain goods could be exported to England ONLY

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Mercantilism

• Positives
• NE shipbuilding
• Tobacco monopoly
• English military protection
• Negatives
• No manufacturing
• Farmers receive low prices
• High prices for manufactured goods

• Salutary Neglect
• The British government was very lax in enforcing
  the Navigation Acts
• This, along with the tacit British approval of
  colonial self-governance was known as salutary
  neglect

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Triangular Trade

• Triangular trade developed between England,
  Africa and the New World

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The American is a new man, who acts on new
principles

• Colonial Society in the 18th Century

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Immigration

• European
• English
• Puritan North
• Anglican South
• German
• Pennsylvania
• Scotch-Irish
• Frontier portions

• Africans
• Largest population of immigrants
• 90 lived in southern colonies
• Africans made up 20 of colonial population

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Colonial Social Structure

• Some commonalities among all three
• Dominance of English Culture
• Self-government
• Religious toleration
• No aristocracy
• Social mobility-more in the North than in the
  south

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Colonial Economies

• New England
• Largely dependent on shipbuilding and trade
• Middle Colonies
• Farming and light industry (iron-making)
  dominated
• Southern Colonies
• Cash crops for export dominate the economy,
  tobacco, rice, indigo

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The Great Awakening

• As colonial America developed, much of the
  original religious fervor had died
• A movement swept across the colonies in the early
  1700s called the Great Awakening
• It was a revival of the religious ideals that had
  been the foundation of America
• It was led by fire and brimstone preachers like
  George Whitefield and Jonathon Edwards
• Church services became more emotional and pastors
  actually lost control of some of their parishes
  as individuals become more apt to study the bible
  in their homes
• Significantly, this was the first truly AMERICAN
  movement. It was not borrowed from Europe.