Ch. 3: Creating a British Empire in America (1660-1750)
Summer Reading Review
Crash Course US History #4: The Quakers, the Dutch, and the Ladies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p47tZLJbdag&index=4&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtMwmepBjTSG593eG7ObzO7s
A Biography of America #2: English Settlement
https://www.learner.org/series/biographyofamerica/prog02/transcript/index.html
Ch. 3: Creating a British Empire in America (1660-1750)
p. 81: What was the role of the colonies in the British mercantilist system?
p. 96: How did the South Atlantic System work and what were its major
elements? How did it shape the development of the various colonies?
p. 99: What was the British policy of salutary neglect and why did the
British follow this policy and what were its consequences?
Quakers & William Penn
Mercantilism
Navigation Acts
Dominion of New England
Glorious Revolution
South Atlantic System
Barbados & Sugar Trade
Royal African Company
Middle Passage
Carolina Rice Trade
Early African-American Culture Stono Rebellion
Southern White Gentry Society
Northern Merchant Society
Salutary Neglect
British Radical Whigs
Molasses Act
Currency Act
Small Group Discussions & Presentations
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Move into small groups as directed
Look at the 5 slides relating to Chapter 3 with laptops
Discuss definitions of terms
Discuss relevance of images
Discuss the “big picture” question at top of each slide
Be ready to share what you have discussed when asked
Describe the role of the colonies in the British mercantilist system
Mercantilism
Navigation Acts
Describe the origins and early examples of
American colonial resistance to
mercantilism
Dominion of New England, Edmund Andros, John
Locke, the Enlightenment, the Glorious Revolution
Describe how the South Atlantic System worked
South Atlantic System, Royal African Company, Middle Passage,
Chesapeake Tobacco Trade, Carolina Rice Trade, Caribbean Sugar Trade
Describe how the South Atlantic system
shaped the development of the 13 colonies
Early African-American Culture
Stono Rebellion
Southern White Gentry Society
Describe the British policy of Salutary Neglect and its consequences
Salutary Neglect
British Radical Whigs
Molasses Act
Currency Act