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Chapter 3Colonial Ways of Life
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Southern Colonies
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Southern Colonies
Built on Agriculture Cash Crops Crops grown to sell at market $$$$$
$$$ How do you make a lot of $$$$$$?Plantations Large commercial estates used to
harvest a vast amount of cash crops.
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Tobacco
The demand for tobacco in Europe skyrocketed.
Demand > SupplyWhat does that do to the price
of tobacco?$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$Tobacco farms were located near
rivers. Why?Easier to transport.
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Indentured Servants
What was an indentured servant?A person that would work for
someone that paid their way to the New World.
Also gave them food, housing and clothing.
Sign 4yr contracts – sometimes longer.
They could produce 5 times the contract cost in the first year.
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Southern Colony Crops
Sugarcane – failedRice – failed (at first)Became a
successful crop with the help of West Africans from the Caribbean.
Indigo – used to make blue dye for cloth.
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Bacon’s Rebellion
Bacon’s Rebellion – backcountry farmers were having to fight the Native Americans to keep their land.
These farmers were important to Virginia, $
This accelerated the use of slaves.
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Slavery
5% (500,000) of all slavery occurred in the Colonies.
10-12 million slaves were sent to America.
2 million died at sea.Slave ship captains would
purchase slaves from Africa.1619 first slaves arrived.
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Slavery
Slave Code – distinguished a difference between slaves and free people in Virginia.
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New England Colonies
New England colonies economy was very diverse.
Fishing, whaling, shipbuilding, trade, sawmills, small farms.
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Farming
Difficult to farm – rocky soil.Subsistence farming – growing
enough food for themselves.Corn was the crop of choice –
short growing season, and could grow in bad soil.
Also raised pigs.
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Trade
Triangular TradeTrade between New England,
Caribbean and England.Caribbean goods to New EnglandThose goods would be sold to
EnglandEnglish goods to New England
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New England’s Economy (cont.)
Fishing and whaling were a success because of the Grand Banks – shallows of the Atlantic Ocean where warm and cold water converged = great fishing (plankton)
bills of exchange were used like money.
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N. E. Economy (cont.)Sawmills were powered by
waterfalls along the Fall Line – area where rivers dropped in elevation.
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New England Gov’t
Town meetings started to take place.
Discuss local problems and issues.
Open to free men only.
Started creating laws.
Selectmen – elected annually to manage the towns affairs.
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Rise of the Cities
Wealthiest were the merchants – those that controlled the cities trade.
Artisans – those that were skilled workers. Made up half of the colonial population.
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Problems with large cities
Name some problems with large cities:
Overcrowding Crime Pollution diseases
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Middle Colonies
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Middle Colonies
Most fertile land of all the colonies.
Wheat was grown here and was in huge demand in England = $$$
Entrepreneurs became wealthy. These people would buy land and equipment and sell it new immigrants. Risked their own $.
Capitalists – people who would invest there money in new business.
Quiz on 3-2
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Southern Colonies
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Northern Colonies