Bri$sh America Early Seeds of Unrest •  Mercan$lism = duty of govt. to regulate economy –  Colonies = Source of wealth for Bri$sh Empire •  Naviga$on Acts (1660 & 1663) = Certain products from colonies could only be shipped to England –  Sugar, tobacco, indigo •  Bacon’s Rebellion = Drop in tobacco prices –  Ques$oned protec$ng and governance of the colonial governor (Sir William Berkeley) Slavery in the Colonies •  Triangular Trade = 1.  Finished Products to Europe 2.  Slaves from Africa 3.  Raw Materials from Colonies •  Middle Passage = Shipping route of slaves from Africa to the America’s –  20% died from Journey •  Stono Rebellion (1739) = –  Slave revolt in S. Carolina –  Created cycle of punishment War’s & Witch Trials •  The Glorious Revolu$on (1688) = –  James II out as king –  William & Mary of Orange in –  Believed in firm colonial control •  Salem Witch Trail (1692) = –  Result of tension between Puritan lifestyle and growing Mass. Colony –  Accusers (Farm) –  Accused (Secular) •  King William’s War (1689-­‐97) & Queen Anne’s War (1702-­‐13) –  Dominate Europe / Colonies Era of Neglect (1714-­‐1760) •  Salutary Neglect = Bri$sh Ignored colonial govt. / led to cont. self govt. •  Proprietorships = Colonial govt. of property owners / appointed officials •  Colonial Assemblies = –  Landowners elite –  Financial Resistance –  New England Colonies •  Molasses Act (1733) = Colonists could only import sugar from Bri$sh Colonies •  The Great Awakening (1720-­‐1740) = –  Founded universi$es (Ivy League) –  Sense of social rebellion –  Ques$oning Authority The French & Indian War (7 Year War) •  Albany Congress (1754) = –  7 colonies discuss westward seelement & Na$ve Amer. •  Seven Year War (1756-­‐1763) –  Britain v. France over unclaimed western lands –  PM William Pie’s War Debt –  Colonists Patronized by Bri$sh –  Regulars Quartered in Colonial homes = no $ •  Treaty of Paris (1763) –  Ended French Influence in the America’s