Chapter 3
Do Now - Reading Quiz
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I.
Politics of Empire
1660-1713
A. Restoration Colonies
Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina
Quakers – Penn’s Frame of Govt.
Pennsylvania
I. Politics of Empire
1660-1713
B. Mercantilism to Dominion
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Navigation Acts
Revenue Act of 1673 – “plantation duty”
English dominate Atlantic commerce
Americans Resist – Burdensome and Intrusive
Punitive legal strategies
– 1686. Dominion of New England – Sir Edmund
Andros
– James II – Divine rights of Kings
I. Politics of Empire
1660-1713
• C. The Glorious Revolution
– James Wife Catholic has son
– Catholic?
– Glorious Revolution
– William and Mary (increase in Parliamentary
Power)
– Relied upon Locke’s Two Treatises in
Government (1690)
I. Politics of Empire
1660-1713
• C. The Glorious Revolution
– Sparks colonial protest against royal govt.
– Andros Gone – Mass. Still royal, religious
freedom, all male property owners can vote
– Change in Mass
– Era of Salutary Neglect ensues
I.
Politics of Empire
1660-1713
C. Mercantilism to Dominion
John Locke
I. Politics of Empire
1660-1713
• D. Imperial Wars and Native Peoples
– 1689-1815 Britain and France = war
– England solidifies dominance
What factors lead to a colonial
slave society and culture?
• Do Now – Answer
• Was the South Atlantic system a success
of a failure?
II. Imperial Slave Economy
A. The South Atlantic System
– 3 components
– Sugar reigns
– Harsher slavery develops
II. Imperial Slave Economy
A. The South Atlantic System
– 3 components
– Sugar reigns
– Harsher slavery develops
– Middle Passage
II. Imperial Slave Economy
B. Slavery in the Chesapeake and South
Carolina
• Slave Society –
• Becomes defined in racial terms –
• By 1750, majority of Chesapeake slaves
American born
• South Carolina -
II. Imperial Slave Economy
C. African American Community and
Resistance
• Culture
• Resistance -
II. Imperial Slave Economy
C. African American Community and
Resistance
• Size and density of slave population
• Stono Rebellion (1739)
II. Imperial Slave Economy
D. The Southern Gentry
• Planter Elite emerge
• Model themselves on English aristocracy
• Paid attention to poor whites, Why?
• Majority of Chesapeake owned some
slaves
• Elite, educated ruling class
II. Imperial Slave Economy
E. Northern Maritime Economy
• All tied together
• 1st urban industries and fortunes
• Fueled growth of interior • Stratified society
• Economic uncertainty?
III New Politics of Empire
• A. Rise of Colonial Assemblies
• Economic success=gentle hand
• Declaration of Rights (1689)
– Filters to colonies
• Democratic system elitist
– but populist
– Crowd rule
– By 1750 almost all had popular assemblies
immune to British Control
III New Politics of Empire
• C. Protecting Mercantile System of Trade
– Walpole’s main concern?
– Georgia
– War of Jenkin’s Ear
– Molasses Act (1733)
– Currency Act (1751)
III New Politics of Empire
• C. Protecting Mercantile System of Trade
– Walpole’s main concern?
– Georgia
– War of Jenkin’s Ear
– Molasses Act (1733)
– Currency Act (1751)