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Mercantilism
Belief that trade makes richer. Get as much gold as you can.
Navigation Acts
Laws that England pass after 1660 to make sure merchant system was working. 3 goals,
all goods going into and out of colonies must travel on English ships. Enumerated goods
from colonies, must go to England before trading with rest of world (glass, tea, indigo,
tobacco). Goods from Europe had to go through England before going to colonies.
Salutary Neglect – 1660 to end of French and Indian wart 1673, England doesn’t crack
down on colonies. Dominion of New England 1685,
outlawed legislative essemblies,
Population and demographics.
Doubled every 25 years. Scottish people from ireland who
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moved here. A lot of dutch lived along Hudson river.
Variety of Europeans. Wanted a chance at a new life.
Average age of American was 16, life expectancy was
longer than in Europe. People sexin’ it up like crazy. Early
marriges
Daily life
Getting up really early, men work the fields, women do house work like laundry.
Salem witch trials: 1692
Storytelling: People who tell scary stories, girls go into convulsions. Tituba points out
other people who are devil’s servents.
Hysteria:
Even the president of Harvard and pastor of
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bay was accused. Finally intervened and shut
down witch hunts.
The Aftermath:
20 people ended up dieing.
Why?
Teenagers making accusations, but adults pressing charges. Courts had testimonies. Fueds
between families may have led to prosecutions.
Putnem family, males in this family were making charges were previously important.
Mostly women who did not fit the traditional ladys were accused. Land disputes.
Great awakening
Spread of denominations in US
George Whitefield
Beginnings of the age of enlightenment. rational form of Christianity.friends with
founders of Methodist church. 1739, he leaves England and comes to colnies. Travels
throughout preaching to who he can. focuses on sin nature.
One of the best preachers. Even Ben Franklin swayed.
New universities
Yale, 1701 – puritans who thought harvard was too liberal.
Prinston Edwards
Kings College (Columbia University) Anglicans
University of Pennsyvania secular founded by Ben Franklin
Main goal of these colleges was to train ministers