Ch. 3: Creating a British Empire in America (1660-1750)

Summer Reading Review

Crash Course US History #4: The Quakers, the Dutch, and the Ladieshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p47tZLJbdag&index=4&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtMwmepBjTSG593eG7ObzO7s

A Biography of America #2: English Settlement

https://www.learner.org/series/biographyofamerica/prog02/transcript/index.html

Quakers & William Penn Mercantilism Navigation Acts

Dominion of New England Glorious Revolution South Atlantic System

Barbados & Sugar Trade Royal African Company Middle Passage

Carolina Rice Trade Early African-American Culture Stono Rebellion

Southern White Gentry Society Northern Merchant Society Salutary Neglect

British Radical Whigs Molasses Act Currency Act

Ch. 3: Creating a British Empire in America (1660-1750)

p. 81: What was the role of the colonies in the British mercantilist system?

p. 96: How did the South Atlantic System work and what were its major

elements? How did it shape the development of the various colonies?

p. 99: What was the British policy of salutary neglect and why did the

British follow this policy and what were its consequences?

Small Group Discussions & Presentations

- Move into small groups as directed

- Look at the 5 slides relating to Chapter 3 with laptops

- Discuss definitions of terms

- Discuss relevance of images

- Discuss the “big picture” question at top of each slide

- Be ready to share what you have discussed when asked

Describe the role of the colonies in the British mercantilist system

Mercantilism Navigation Acts

Describe the origins and early examples of

American colonial resistance to

mercantilism

Dominion of New England, Edmund Andros, John

Locke, the Enlightenment, the Glorious Revolution

Describe how the South Atlantic System worked

South Atlantic System, Royal African Company, Middle Passage,

Chesapeake Tobacco Trade, Carolina Rice Trade, Caribbean Sugar Trade

Describe how the South Atlantic system

shaped the development of the 13 colonies

Early African-American Culture Stono Rebellion

Southern White Gentry Society

Describe the British policy of Salutary Neglect and its consequences

Salutary Neglect British Radical Whigs Molasses Act Currency Act