Colonial Life Chapter 3

  • african slave trade

    african slave trade
    by the 1600's Portugal, Spain, France, Holland, and England were involved in slave trading. Most captured slaves were taken to colonies in the Caribbean and South America.
  • Step toward Self Rule

    Step toward Self Rule
    Colonists were trying to get closer to having all the colonies Self governed but the British didn't agree. So in 1643 they made the New England Confederation.
  • England Passes The First Of The Navigation Acts

    England Passes The First Of The Navigation Acts
    This act declared that only English ships would be allowed to bring goods into England. The North American colonies could only export things like their sugar and tobacco.
  • Domain of England

    Domain of England
    This was the merging of New England colonies and Britain colonies. The reason why they wanted to do this was because King James Charles II to gain more control over New England.
  • Glorious Revolution

    Glorious Revolution
    Parliaments were afraid of the begging of a Catholic dynasty. They were afraid because King James II wife had a child, So they invited Mary and her Dutch husband, William of Orange, they did this so they'd be co leaders.
  • Neglected By Birtish

    Neglected By Birtish
    People of new England wanted more rights but Britain wasn't about to give it to them. So a politician by the name of Edmund Burke determined that this situation was salutary neglect.
  • Middle Passage

    Middle Passage
    the term middle passage is used to describe the horrific journey that enslaved Africans. It was also used to describe the journey from west Africa to America.
  • The treaty of paris ends

    The treaty of paris ends
    This treaty was to stop the French and Indian Wars between Great Britain and France. France gave up all the northern american land which ended any foreign military to the British colonies that were there.