apush period 2

ojibwe indians - mutual benefical economic relationship w the french french & dutch had economic goals for colonies

british has economic & territorial & religious freedom & improved living conditions, goals for colonization

enclosure movement

British Colonies:

jamestown 1607: 1st perm colonial settlement, financed by joint stock companies, profit seeking venture, disease wrecked the colony

tobacco became a source of $ using indentured servitude in order to harvest crops ^ demand in land —> ^ in tensions

Bacons Rebellion: revolt against the gov & wealthy b/c they wouldn’t protect farmers from native americans attacks & favored rich plantation owners gov started using african slaves rather than indentured servants as a result

Colonies in Carribean:

sugarcane ^ demand —> ^ demand 4 enslaved ppl

new york & jersey: thrived on export economy, cereal crop, growing in inequality between classes

pennsilvanyia: religious freedom, democratic, land obtained through negotiation, self governing

mayflower compact: agreement by pilgrims 2 self govern

house of burgesses: representative assemblys - dominated by elites

Trade:

atlantic economy triangular trade: new england, west africa, west indies

middle passage: brutal sea journey slaves took 4 atlantic slave trade slaves were traded 4 sugarcane —> money

mercantilism: thought there was a fixed amt of wealth (more exports than imports)

navigation acts: set of laws that required merchants to engage in trade with english colonies and ships

Slavery in British Colonies 1700-1808:

3 mil enslaved africans slave codes: defined as chattel-property handed down from gen 2 gen some slaves resisted (cover & overt)

stono rebellion: in South Carolina ppl stole weapons from a store & killed its owners, they marched, burned plantations & killed whites

Relations with Indians:

metacoms war: indian groups allied tg & attacked white settlements (high tensions)

Colonial Society: enlightenment: ^ logical thinking, print culture, natural rights, checking & balancing legislative, executive, judicial

social contract: argued that ppl were in a contract w gov (exchange of power & rights)

new light clergy: a group of religious leaders during the Great Awakening who emphasized personal piety and emotional experience over traditional forms of worship.

great awakening: religious revival, ^ christianity anglicanization: becoming more english like

impressment: seizing colonial men & forcing them to serve in royal navy