Period:2 1607-1754 Flashcards
Spain in the Americas
2.2
Wealth by agriculture/Encomienda
Caste system
Mission system
French in Americas
2.2
Fish/fur trade-metal
Marry Native Objwea
No conversions
Dutch in Americas
2.2
Seek water passage-Henry Hudson
No conversions
British in Americas (4)
2.2
Seek Econ opportunities:enclosure movement-take land sell privately
religious freedom
Expel Natives
What years was period 2 in?
1607-1754
Joint stock company’s
2.3
Pool investors shaker profit/failure
Different British Colonies
2.3
Chesapeake- work gold=no food/famine
New England- Puritan escape church
British West Indies- sugar cane
Middle colonies- export economy
Triangular trade
2.4
England(rum) Africa(slaves)-
British West Indies(sugar cane)
Mercantilism
2.4
Fixed amount of wealth in world: gold
More exports-favorable balance trade
colonies : access materials-goods
Navigation acts
2.4
English colonies trade with only English ships/taxed = profit
How did Spain, Britain and France interact with Natives?
2.5
Spain:enslave, convert
Britain: force out
French: trade, marry, ally
How many enslaved where in each British region?
2.6
New England-Few
Middle-household slaves
Chesapeake- plantation
British West Indies - mostly slaves
Stono Rebellion
2.6
African Americans Attack white plantation
Challenge belief African Americans are lesser beings
How was slavery justified
2.6
Chattel: they were not humans but property
Enlightenment
2.7
Rational thinking over religion
Natural rights, social contract,
