Chapter 3: The British Empire in America 1660 - 1750
Questions and terms for review while completing the reading:
The Politics of Empire, 1660-1713:
Social order in the Carolinas
William Penn
Pennsylvania policy toward Native Americans
Quakers
Mercantalism
Navigation Acts
Dominion of New England
Glorious Revolution of 1688
John Locke
Two Treatises of Government
1. What policies and practices allowed Pennsylvania to develop into a model colony
marked by peace and prosperity?
2. What effects did the Glorious Revolution have on the American colonies?
3. Why were the Navigation Acts implemented by Great Britain on its New World
colonies, and how were they received?
The Imperial Slave Economy:
South Atlantic System
Middle Passage
West Indies
African American Culture
Stono Rebellion
Southern Gentry
Southern Economy
Northern Economy
1. In what ways did the South Atlantic system stimulate the English economy?
2. In what ways did the South Atlantic system stimulate the economy of the northern
colonies?
3. How did slaves create a uniquely African American culture in the American
colonies?
The New Politics of Empire, 1713 – 1750
Colonial Assemblies
Salutary neglect
Court (or Crown) Party
Sir Robert Walpole
Mercantalism
Molasses Act
bills of exchange
1. How did Britain crack down on the American colonies to end the era of salutary
neglect?
2. What was the interaction between elitist and democratic elements in American
colonial politics?
3. How did Walpole's policies undermine Britain's system of empire?