Week 4: The Road to
Revolution
Review questions
What term refers to the exchange of raw
materials, manufactured goods, and slaves
between Europe, West Africa, and North
America?
Answer: Triangular Trade
Review questions
What term refers to the British policy of
allowing the North American colonies to largely
govern themselves?
Answer: salutary neglect
Review questions: English North America
Name the economic philosophy holding that
England’s colonies existed for England’s
economic benefit, and should have restricted
trade with other countries.
Answer: mercantilism
Review questions: English North America
What was the first elected assembly in English
North America?
Answer: Virginia House of Burgesses
Review questions: English North America
Name the two Chesapeake colonies.
Answer: Maryland and Virginia
Review questions: English North America
What was the primary crop grown in the
Chesapeake colonies?
Answer: Tobacco
Review questions: English North America
Name the uprising of many Native American
tribes against English settlers in 1763.
Answer: Pontiac’s Rebellion
Review questions: English North America
What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?
Answer: Restricted white settlement west of the
Appalachians
The Rise of Slavery
Review: Why did slavery grow in British
North America?
First used in Caribbean for sugar cultivation
Increasing life expectancies  slaves are worth the
“investment”
Better economy in England  fewer indentured servants
Bacon’s Rebellion  fear of rebellion by indentured
servants
The Triangular Trade: draw a map
Categories: raw goods,
manufactured goods,
slaves
Give specific examples,
if time remains
The Triangular Trade: really simple
version
How will this affect…
Great Britain?
The Caribbean?
The Chesapeake?
New England?
Salutary Neglect
Salutary Neglect
Salutary = producing good effects
Neglect = ignoring someone else
British policy of lax enforcement
of official laws in North America
Why?
◦ Enforcing laws is hard
◦ Viewed European politics as more
important
Salutary Neglect: So What?
Rise of colonial assemblies
Colonial elite have a
vested interest in selfgovernment
Colonists expect that they
can govern themselves
The End of Salutary
Neglect
The French and Indian War
1754-1763
Part of a larger conflict called the Seven Years’ War
Indians on both sides – but mostly supporting the French
1763: England wins; Treaty of Paris signed
◦ France gives Canada and Florida to Britain
◦ France gives Louisiana to Spain
What do you know about
already that’s going to
change after 1763?
Long Essay
Address what changed vs. what stayed the same
(1) Britain ignoring the colonies; (2) The war itself; (3)
Effects – changes; (4) Effects – what stayed the same
Changes: end of salutary neglect; expansion into the west;
England’s debts  need to enforce taxes (“no taxation
without representation”)
Stayed the same: American connection w/Britain;
assemblies probably still exist but lose power
The Frontier after 1763
Treaty of Paris  no more French buffer against westward
expansion  settlers move west
Pontiac’s Rebellion – violent native resistance against
westward expansion + growing sense of native unity
British want to avoid fighting with Indians  Proclamation
of 1763
Settlers resist/disobey  Paxton Boys