Chapter 3 – The
British Atlantic
World 16601750
Topic/Objective: Europeans and Native Americans
fought for dominance in North America creating
distinctive regional societies.
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Essential Question: 1. How did the cultural exchanges within the “Atlantic World” impact the political, economic and social
developments of colonial America? 2. Analyze the effects that migration, disease, and warfare had on the American Indian
population. 3. Explain how the exchange of ideas among different parts of the Atlantic World shaped belief systems and
independence movements into the early 19th century.
Vocabulary:
The South Atlantic System
The British Atlantic World: Explain how the relationship between the Native Americans and
the British colonists changed over time?
How did the Natives adapt to this new reality?
Restoration colonies
Colonies to Empire: Effects of the restoration of the monarchy, 1660
Proprietorship
The Carolinas: Compare the economic and social structures of North and South Carolina
Society of Friends
*Demographics of South Carolina by 1740:
William Penn & Pennsylvania: Beliefs of Quakers
Land acquisition:
How did Penn ensure religious freedom and political equality?
“inner light”
The Navigation Acts: Goal of the navigation acts
Requirements of:
Response from Massachusetts Bay and the outcome:
Consider Table 3.2 (p. 85), why do you believe continually ignored the Navigation Acts? How
does this foreshadow future events?
The Dominion of New England: colonies that made up the dominion
Actions of Governor Edmund Andros:
Two Treatises on
Government
The Glorious Revolution in England and America: Importance of William and Mary
Whig role:
Declaration of Rights
The philosophy of John Locke and his influence in America
Rebellions in America: New structure of the Dominion of New England
Causes of rebellion in Maryland
Overall effects of the Glorious Revolution in America (political & economic)
Imperial Wars and Native Peoples: How did the Second Hundred Years’ War affect the
American colonies?
What problems do you foresee?
Tribalization
Tribalization: Why were the Iroquois both friends and enemies with the British and French?
Covenant Chain
How did they use this to their advantage?
Treaty of Utrecht (1713)
Indian Goals: Do you agree with actions of the Native Americans? Why/Why not?
The South Atlantic System: Important factors of the “system”
England & The West Indies: Social and economic structure of the West Indies:
Why was sugar a rich man’s crop?
How did this lead to the emigration of English farmers from the area?
The Impact on Britain: Draw a graphic illustration of the South Atlantic System described in
the text.
Middle Passage
Africans and the Slave Trade: How did the South Atlantic System change life in Africa?
(social changes should be the focus)
Slavery in the Chesapeake and South Carolina: Why did plantation owners come to favor
slaves over other types of labor?
Analyze the reasons for slavery becoming defined in “racial terms”
How does the constant importation of new slaves leave the African community at a constant
disadvantage?
Building Community: How did Africans develop a “Nation within a Nation”
Resistance & Accommodation: Thomas Jefferson’s quote on slavery……. (reflection upon
the master/slave relationship)
The Stono Rebellion: Causes and significance
White Identity & Equality: Describe the lifestyle of the Gentry class (sometimes called the
Tidewater Gentry)
The Urban Economy: Analyze the reasons for Northern prosperity
The Urban Society: Class system in the North
The Rise of Colonial Assemblies: How do the authors come to the conclusion that:
“expressions of popular discontent, combined with the growing authority of the assemblies,
created a political system that was broadly responsive to popular pressure and increasingly
resistant to British control.”?
Patronage
Salutary Neglect: How did it develop?
House of Burgesses
Purpose (American viewpoint)
Protecting the Mercantile System: Purpose of Georgia, how it backfired
Significance of the European wars from the Colonial viewpoint
Molasses Act
Mercantilism and the American Colonies: Economic outlook in the colonies
Currency Act
Elements that led to the end of Salutary Neglect
Summary: Explain how the economic and political growth in the colonies, coupled with Salutary Neglect helps to create an
“American Identity”.