History SR
Pmnguyen1989
EconomicsintheColonies.pptxLife in British north America
Pt. 2: How Economics Shaped Life in the Colonies
Georgia
James Oglethorpe: haven for debtors British want military buffer between Sp. Florida & SC Slavery outlawed in charter; ban lifted in 1751
Rough Equality
Southern colonies: slave populations growing
Surplus /Subsistence farmers
Inequality in America not as stark (for white men)
African American Culture
Increasing reliance on chattel slavery
Cultural influence: cooking, accents, music
Forms of resistance: subtle and overt
Colonial Slave Uprisings
New York Slave Revolt of 1712
Stono Rebellion (SC), 1739
Colonies pass laws to make slavery more repressive
New England Industrialization
Cold climate, rocky soil
Industrializing & urbanizing
Less reliant on slave labor.
Already a North/South divide.
Sellers, Charles. The Market Revolution: Jacksonian America, 1815-1846. Oxford University Press. 1991.
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