HS 131 Lecture 14: HS131 English Colonies in an Age of Empire Notes
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Dense trade network between britain and colonies. Colonies raw materials &market for manufactured goods. Navigation act 1651 trade restricted to english ships, ports, people. Enumerated goods tobacco, sugar, indigo, rice traded only in the empire. Prohibition on colonial manufacturing wool, felt hats, iron. Artisans shipbuilding, rope making, pottery iron tools. Overcoming provincial sense of inferiority: grand houses, imported furniture, tea drinking. 18th c overall improvement in quality of life: 17th c single room dwellings, 18th c specialized room dwellings. Minds and manners: courtesy books, english journals. High literacy rates: girls french, music, dancing, needlework, boston 70% men, 45% women, published newspapers from colonies, booksellers, benjamin franklin, rev. Cotton mather, wiliam byrd royal society: ben franklin the symbol of america . Harvard college & yale 1710 - train ministers locally. Southern colonies church of england not significant. Priests trained in england: middle colonies (ny, nj, pa) Menonites, quakers less rigidity (except for the reformed.
