What Was British America Like In 1713 Flashcards
What is a colonist?
Someone who lives in a colony
What was the rate if natural increase?
The average rate of natural increase was 1%
What are new England colonists?
They were muddle class families. Jobs that had were farmers, woodcutters, fishermen, shipbuilders and other skilled workers .
What are special features in new England colonies?
There were lots of towns but the colonists did not welcome different religious groups
What are middle colonies?
People like farmers, traders, poor servants
and a few slaves.
Most worked on small scale farms growing food and some traders furs.
It was easier to get land and people from different religious groups
What makes southern colonists?
People like rich land owners and lots of poor servants along with slaves.
They worked on plantations that grew tobacco and rice.
Land was to expensive for those trying to escape poverty
What was black sam bellamy?
Began piracy in 1716 First. First pirate ship was the marine. In 1717 his ships stopped most of the trade in Chesapeat bay. Died in 1717. Sunk over 50 ships.
Who was blackbeard (Edward Teach)
His mentor was ben hanigold.
He captained to revenge, 150 men and 12 cannons.
He made a fortune from capturing a drench slave ship.
He captured £100,000
The navy were afraid of him.
He attacked merchants ships.
Helped set up pirate bases.
What did king Georges proclaiment do?
A pardon to any pirate, which forgave them for all their crimes until january 1718.
A price up to £100( worth around £13500 today)
What was the success of king Georges proclaiment
Caption Pearse of HMS pheonix went to the pirate harbour of nassua
What was the failure of King Georges Proclaiment
Pirates nurtured to piracy after receiving their pardon
What did the piracy act 1717 do?
Parliament took steps to end piracy.
The transport act of 1717 contained a section on piracy
What was the success of the piracy act.
A pirateer woodea rodgers sailed to nassaw in 1718 to become govaner and put pirates on trail. In 1718 110 pirates were hanged and by 1776 609 had been executed
What did the governor sports wood do?
Spotwood was governor of Virginia.
Gave rewards for capture of pirates.
Pirates did not have trial by dury
What was the success of the governor spotwood?
Caught and killed blackbeard.
After 1725 very few pirates remained in Americas waters.
What was the Asiento?
The english were given a monopoly to supply slaves to the spanish colony in 1713.
British could transport 4800 slaves a year but had to pay 7 million to do so.
South sea company- set up to run the asiento.
Short term- people brought lots of share in company.
What was the impact of slavery?
Poor colonists- price if land went up because of huge profit labourers struggled to buy it. Some found it difficult to find a job. Competition from slaves often formed militia to hunt for runaways
What was the stone rebelion?
The stone rebellion was in 1739
Why did the stone rebellion happen?
Because fever had struck and many died. By September when the rice harvest was at its height, the slaves who had survived were struggling to cope. This was when they chose to revolt due to a couple of reasons.
What was the course of the atone rebellion?
It was a rumour that war with Spain was coming and it spread to south carolina whoch meant the colonists would be districted from chasing rebels
What was the consequence of the stone rebelion?
A security act was to become active on the 29th of september is rhe slaves were goinf to rebeal they had a better chance of success before it came i to force.
