Life in the 13 Colonies

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Life in the 13 Colonies
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Life in the Colonies

• Population increase.
• Settlers 250,000 (1700) to 2,500,000 (1775)
• Slaves 28,000 to 500,000
• Colonial Economics and the Slave Trade.

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The New England Colonies

• As population swells we see a need of more
  government.
• Agricultural / Pre-Industrial society.
• Women married early had large families.
• Growth of Towns and Villages
• Subsistence Farming

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Economics in New England

• Commerce
• Waterpower, Lumber, Mills (Grain)
• Cottage industry (The hidden economy of women.)
• Shipbuilding, Fishing, intra-colonial trade
• Triangular Trade

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The Middle Passage

• Shipping Africans to the West Indies.

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This plan above of a slave ship developed by
Clarkson and his co-workers shocked the public
when it appeared in 1789. It shows how 482 slaves
could be packed on board the Brookes of Liverpool
for the 6 to 8 week voyage to the West Indies.
The Brookes actually carried 609 slaves on one
voyage.
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Slavery

• Question What Colony had made slavery
  illegal?
• Jamestown and Georgia.

ANSWER
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The Southern Economy

• Good soil and long growing season
• Did not develop commerce or industry
• Depended on English Merchants to manage their
  trade
• Cultivated Large Farms Plantations which needed
  a large unskilled labor force.

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Tobacco and Rice and The Tidewater

• The cash crop of Maryland and Virginia was
  tobacco. Overproduction would cause profits to
  fall so farmers began to switch to corn and
  wheat.
• The cash crop of South Carolina and Georgia was
  rice (very labor intensive and nasty).

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The Tidewater
Large Low-lying plains along the coast.
Rivers

Large Self-Contained Plantations
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The Three Kings of the Southern Economy (1700
1860)
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Backcountry

• Appalachian Mountain Foothills
• Small Farms Few Slaves
• Outnumbered Large Plantation Owners

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Quick Facts

• Majority of colonist, even in the South were not
  slave holders. However, much of the economy was
  either based on slave labor or indirectly through
  the slave trade.
• African Slaves brought with them their languages
  and cultures. They also brought with them the
  knowledge of cultivating rice.

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Pirates and the Colonies Activity

• Blackbeard Clip, Most Terrifying Pirate in
  History (YouTube) https//www.youtube.com/watch?v
  --QdMC9qGQQ
• Read Article, Runaways Renegades, Piracy in
  North Carolina, Discuss after Reading
•  Learn about a pirates' "code of conduct". Have
  your class create their own code. Using a Venn
  Diagram compare and contrast the two codes.
  Discuss why countries have rules and laws, and
  what happens to people who choose not to obey
  them. Discuss this same concept among pirates.
  Compare and contrast the consequences.
  http//www.blackbeardlives.com/day3/code.shtml

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Section 2Government, Religion, and Culture

• The Glorious Revolution
• Mercantilism
• The Navigation Acts
• Differences in Colonial Governments
• Voting Rights
• America and the Great Awakening in more than
  religion.

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The Glorious Revolution

• King James forced off the thrown in 1688 and
  Placed his daughter Mary and her husband, William
  of Orange on the thrown.
• William and Mary sign the English Bill of Rights.

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The English Bill of Rights
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Mercantilism

• The English viewed its American Colonies as an
  economic recourse.
• The Colonies provided raw materials for English
  manufacturers, and a market for finished
  products.
• As a nations trade grows, its gold reserve
  increase, and the nation becomes more powerful.

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The Navigation Acts1751 - 1763

• Series of acts (laws) that directed the flow of
  goods between England and the Colonies.
• Smuggling

• Only British ships could transport imported and
  exported goods from the colonies.
• The only people who were allowed to trade with
  the colonies had to be British citizens.
• Commodities such as sugar, tobacco, and cotton
  wool which were produced in the colonies could be
  exported only to British ports.

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Colonial Government

• Government in the colonies varies by the type of
  charter for that colony.
• Question What are the three types of colonial
  charters?
• Charter Colonies
• Proprietary Colonies
• Royal Colonies

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Colonial Government

• As the colonies grew, so did the colonists views
  on government.
• Time and distance from the mother-country
  necessitated some form of government to be in
  place.
• The Crown also had the responsibility to enforce
  its laws on the colonies.

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Comic Strip Activity

• Students will have 3 comic strips in each folder
  per group.
• Groups must read each comic strip, using chart
  paper will list title and facts about it
• Present to class

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American Colonies
Type
Charter
Proprietary
Royal
Colony
Connecticut, Rhode Island
Government
Governor and Legislature Elected by Colonists
Note
Great Britain had the right to approve governor, but governor could not veto legislature.
Connecticut, Rhode Island
Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania
Proprietor selected the Governor and Upper House. Colonists Elected the Lower House
Proprietor free to rule.
GA, MA, NH, NJ, NY, NC, SC, VA
Directly Ruled by Britain.
King appointed Gov. and Upper House. Colonists elected the Lower House.
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or Not
Get Out To Vote
Only White, Landowning Males Could Vote!!!
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The Great Awakening

• A religious movement concentrated in New England
  and the Middle Colonies.
• They called for a re-birth, A return to the
  strong faith of earlier days.
• Why would this movement not take hold in the
  South?

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The Family is the Foundation of Colonial Society
Men Worked the Fields, Built Houses and Barns,
Represented Family in Community
Women Cooked, Made Butter and Cheese, Made
Clothes, Tended Livestock, ect.
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A Child's Life in The Colonies
Boys Indentured Servants or Apprentices
Young Women Maids, Cooks, Nurses, until Married
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Education
Pennsylvania and Massachusetts set up public
school systems by law.
Colonists Valued Education and children were
usually taught to read and write at home.
85 Percent Literacy Rate
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The Enlightenment
And the One who holds the Key
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Freedom of the Press

• The Internet of its Time
• English Right of Free Speech
• Zenger v- Royal Government

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An American Culture
Education
Family Roles
Freedom of the Press
The Enlightenment
The Great Awakening