Period 2: 1607-1754 Flashcards
Spanish Converting Natives
Spanish Missions, Encomienda system, intermarriage
Early Trade alliances with natives
Furs in Great Lakes (French), Middle Atlantic (Dutch)
English Colonization
Whole-Family Migration, Indentured Servants, Joint-Stock Companies, Roanoke, Jamestown, Plymouth
Chesapeake and North Carolina
Bacon’s Rebellion, Tobacco
New England Colonies
Fur Trading, Lumbering, Ship making, Fishing
Middle Colonies
Indentured Servants, Quakers, NYC region had Dutch
Atlantic Coast used Slaves
Carolinas (rice), W. Indies (sugar), preservation of African Culture w/ ringshout, Gullah language, African religion mixed with Christianity
Britain’s Lax Attention to colonies
“Salutary Neglect”
Atlantic Economy
“Triangle-Trade” (slaves-sugar-rum), lumber, sugar, rice, tobacco, Middle Passage
Demographic Shifts for Natives
Smallpox, Measles, Horses, European Goods
Interactions between European rivals and Natives brought conflics
“Beaver Wars”, “WAG wars”, French + Indian war
Mistrust between Britain and Colonies
British Mollases and Navigation Acts Ignored, Bacon’s Rebellion, GA as a buffer colony, Paxton Boys March, The Regulator Movement
Colonies vs Natives
Metacom’s (King Philip) War, Pequot War
Natives vs Spanish Colonists
Pope’s Rebellion (Pueblo Revolt)
Religious Awakening
The First Great Awakening, the Enlightenment, George Whitefield, Johnathan Edwards, Revival of congressional Church