Early Colonial America: Lecture Slides and Concept Questions
Early Colonial America: Lecture Slides and Concept Questions
Early Colonial America: Lecture Slides and Concept Questions
Colonial
America
Lecture Slides and
Concept Questions
Be ready to share
With those around you
With the class as a whole
Participation points
Concept Questions
1. How did Spanish exploration negatively
affect Native American societies (be
specific) in the Americas?
2. What was the Columbian Exchange?
What was transferred from the
Americas to Europe? What was
transferred from Europe to the
Americas?
Christianity
Spanish priests suppressed religious ceremonies, and texts
Converted natives en masse
North American Christianity Indigenous ideas and expectations
reshaped Church practices
Spanish Decline
England defeated the
Spanish Armada
Concept Questions
1. What was mercantilism?
2. Why and where did English
plantations grow in the
Americas?
3. What type of labor was used
on English plantations?
4. What was the significance of
Bacons Rebellion?
English Plantations
Plantations in the Americas
grew as a result of increased
demand for sugar and tobacco
Brazils Sugar Plantations:
Very arduous labor, milling was
done on site
As Indian populations declined,
African slave labor was
introduced
Plantation Life
The Caribbean Islands:
Like Brazil, these colonies
focused on sugar
production
Plantation Labor
Indentured Servitude:
In return for passage,
individuals would work 4-5
years, then could be free
of all servants died before
they became free
Used extensively in the
Chesapeake colonies in 17th
century
Plantation Labor
African Laborers:
Used more heavily in the
Caribbean originally (sugar)
Used more in the
Chesapeake due to
Bacons Rebellion and it
was cheaper than
indentured servants
Strict laws developed that
promoted racism and
regulated behavior of
blacks
Chattel Slavery
Virginia and Maryland 1660s
Legally defined chattel slavery
Bacons Rebellion
Virginia
Gov. Berkeley did not allow
settlement past a line
In the west many famers were
underrepresented in the House
of Burgesses
Conflict between Natives and
westerners like Bacon
Bacon almost took control, died
suddenly
Concept Questions
1. What groups settled New
England?
2. What were some of the early
New England colonies and who
were they settled by?
3. How were relations between
Native Americans and
Europeans in early New
England?
New England
The Pilgrims
Separatists that wanted to break
away from the Church of
England
Plymouths climate was not as
harsh as the Chesapeake
Representative self-government
was established
Concept Questions
1. What was a proprietorship? Example of
one?
2. Who was William Penn and what was
different about his colony than other
English colonies?
3. Where was New France located and
why was it settled?
4. Where was New Netherlands located?
5. Why did New France and New
Netherlands struggle?
Imperial Expansion
Proprietorship royal grant
of land given to an individual
by the English Crown; Could
rule as wished, as long as it
was within English laws
The Carolinas:
South Carolina established a
strict racial hierarchy
Focused on growing rice
James II
Duke of York refused to allow
elected assemblies in New York
and ruled the colony by decree
New France
Expanded into the North
American interior (Canada)
Quebec was established as
a trading post (fur)
Established Jesuit priests
sought to convert Indians
Coureurs de bois French
fur traders
New Netherland
New Amsterdam
(Manhattan) was a
small colony, but
engaged in significant
commerce
Like the French, the
Dutch traded furs
Concept Questions
Concept Questions