Chapter 3: Putting Down Roots - Opportunity and Oppression in Colonial Society Flashcards
Half-Way Convenient
grand kids of full members could be baptized even if their parents were not members
Cotton Mather
leading congregational minister.
Believed that there are more godly women than men
Sumptuary Laws
no wearing fancy jewelry unless ye’ be rich!
Royal African Company
created to appease demands for slaves
Stono Uprising
(Sept 1739) - most serious slave rebellion
- 150 South Carolinian slaves shot and killed many white planters
- Marched to Spanish Florida where they were promised freedom
- Most to killed by the Spanish
Mercantilism
colonies created solely for the money
Navigation Act (1660)
-No trading with non-english/American ships (75% of the crew is…)
-All yo important goods belong to us!
used to be rid of the Dutch competition.
Virginia hated the acts, planters lost a great deal of income
Staple Act (1663)
goods for America had to go through England.
used to be rid of the Dutch competition.
Virginia hated the acts, planters lost a great deal of income
Salutary Neglect
New Englanders found loopholes in the Acts
Even blatantly disobeying the acts
Navigation Act (1673)
could no longer escape customs
- Lords of Trade monitored Colonial affairs
- Not enough people to enforce the acts
- Others were obnoxious and annoying
Navigation Act (1696)
- Tightened enforcement
- Vice-admiralty courts (sea courts)
- Lords of Trade replaced by the Board of Trade
William Berkley
Governor of Virginia
Builds useless forts to protect his fur trade from indians
Bacon’s Rebellion
- Rich boy slap fight
- Bacon took his followers out to do what he said he was going to do, but…
- Killed the wrong indians, burnt Jamestown to the ground, and scared the shit out of the governor
- Rebellion resembles the Occupy Movement, in that is did absolutely nothing
- Women got involved and voiced political opinions
Metacomet
Chief of the Wampanoags
Declares war on Mass. settlers and other tribes joined in.
Dominion of New England
James II combined Mass., Conn., Rhode Is., Plymouth, NY, NJ, and NH under one government
