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Education
Massachusetts passed a law requiring every town with at least fifty families to hire a schoolmaster to teach basic reading, writing, and arithmetic. -
Mercantalism
The main economic policy used in Western Europe during the colonial time period of (1660-1750) was mercantalism. Many nations in western Europe were working to improve their economies. It held that a country should try and keep as much gold or silver as possible. -
Effects on War and Politics
From the times of 1652 to 1654, and again from 1665 to 1667, the English conquered the Dutch colony of New Netherland in 1664, renaming it New York in honor of James, Duke of York and brother King Charles II. -
Effects on Trade Laws
In 1660 Charles II approved a stronger version of a previous law called the Navigation Act. Together with the other legislation, the Navigation Act tightened control over colonial trade. The new laws required the colonies to sell certain goods, such as sugar, tobacco,and cotton only to England. -
English take New Amsterdam from the Dutch
The British wanting New York for themselves, sent fleets there to defeat the Dutch, the Dutch only had 150 soldiers, to save themselves the grief, and embarrassing defeat. -
King Philip's War begins
In 1675 Metacom united Indian groups from Rhode Island to Maine in determined effort to the English once and for all. -
Bacon's Rebellion
A planter, Nathaniel Bacon, raised an army to fight the Native Americans. -
William Penn receives land grant for Pennsylvania
William Penn received a large land grant from King Charles II, for the now current state of Pennsylvania, and some land around it. For himself and the Puritans who wanted religious freedom. -
Britians Colonial Policy in the Early 1700's
In the early 1700's the British government rarely interfered directly in the affairs of its North American colonies. By not interferring, Britian allowed colonial legislatures such as the House of Burgesses in VIrginia to gain extensive power over local affairs. -
Salutary Neglect
In the early 1700's, Great Britian rarely enforced its trade regulations such as the Navigation Act,because neglect served British economic interests better than strict enforcement. As a result, the colonies prospered, as did their trade with Britian, without much government interference. -
Diverse Colonial Economies
By the early 1700's, the economic foundations of Britian's American colonies were in place. While the Spanish colonies focused on mining silver and growing sugar, New France focused on the fur trade, the British regions of eastern North America develpoed diverse economies. -
Nature of Work
Mid- 1700's, life was better for most white colonists than it would have been in Europe. They atte better, lived longer, and had more children to help them with their work. They were self-sufficient, or able to make everything needed to maintain itself. -
Colonial Woman
The status of colonial women was determined by the men in their lives. Most women were legally the dependents of men and had no legal or polotical standing. Laws prevented women from voting or holding office or serving on a jury. Even a widowed woman did not have any polotical rights. -
Slavery Banned in Georgia
African Americans made up most of the population in Georgia. -
George Whitfield begins tour of New England
George Whitfield a young English minister who toured the colonies seven times between 1738 and 1740. -
Stono Rebellion
The slaves burnen an armory and began to march toward Spanish Florida, where a small colony of runaway slaves lived. -
French send Troops to seize Ohio Valley
The French sent defenders to strengthen the settlement of Detroit -
Settlement
By 1750, Pennsylvania had developed a character marked by prosperity, individualism, and religious tolerance, It also reflected the curtural diversity of several ethnic groups. The colony differed greatly from Puritan New England, where the population was homogeneos. -
Pontiac"s Rebellion
When the Ottawa Indians attacked the British fortin the area of the west Appalachians. -
Treaty of Paris
This treaty ended the French and Indian War in AMerica and the seven years war in Europe. In the treaty, France turned Canada over to Britain and surrendered its claim to all lands east of the Mississippi river.
