HILD 2A-B-C Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: New England Colonies, Proprietary Colony, Cash Crop
23 Feb 2018
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Lecture 6: of pilgrims, puritans, and parliamentarians (10/19/17) Similarities/differences between colonies of the chesapeake + new england. Features + significance of the navigation acts. Features (and commonalities) of the dutch and french colonies in north america. Religious minority in england + often persecuted. Cash crop that brings in a lot of wealth. Person given a monopoly to create/settle a plot of land where they can be the principal governor/administrator and sell it to coming settlers. Populations close to the cost to reduce transportation costs that are being shipped over the atlantic. Work until you pay off your debt then you"re given your own land to work on yourself. Not used to the climate change (too cold up north) Cultivating cash crops and making money as fast as possible off of the land. Ruled by an elite, the few (in it for themselves) Slave labor emerges in latter 17th century (from west africa)
