British (Colonial) America (1607-1750) (1 oct. 1607 – 1 mai 1750)

Description:

Types of Colonies
-Proprietary
-Corporate (ie joint stock)
-Royal
-Colonial Society
-Two Million by Mid-Century (from 250,000 in 1700)
-Immigration: Germany, Ireland (and Africans)
-High Birth Rates
-Political Institutions (Some Degree of Self-Gov't)
-Appointed Governor, Council, Assembly
(Only RI and Conn Elected Gov)
-Structure of Society
-The Family
-Class Differences (Less rigid than Europe due to greater land ownership))
-Role of Women
-Role of Blacks
-Primarily slaves
-1660s - Permanence, Part of Triangular Trade
-By 1750, 1/2 Va's pop, 2/3 SC
-Slave Codes
-Some indentured servants
-Relations with Indians
-The Economy (90% Subsistence Farming)
-New England Colonies
-Middle Colonies
-Southern Colonies
-Frontier Regions
-Relation to Mercantilism (Navigation Acts): 1/2 of England's World Trade with Am. Colonies
-Religion (Affected All Aspects)
-How Religion Shaped Colonial Societies
-Established Churches in Va (Anglican) and NE (Congregational)
-Toleration Greater in RI, Pa
-First Great Awakening
-Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield
-New Lights and Old Lights
-Impact: Democratization, Emotionalism, Moral Fiber Enhanced, New Sects, Pluralism
-Culture
-Impact of European Thinkers
-Locke
-American Enlightenment Thinkers (Ben Franklin)
-Education
-Bible Reading
-Harvard - 1638
-Large Majority Illiterate
-Peter Zenger Trial (1735): truth is proper defense against charges of libel; first challenge for freedom
of the press
-Emergence of a National Character
-Unifying Forces: Common English Institutions, Common Problems
-Divisive Forces: Religion, Ethnicity,

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