AMH 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 83: Stono Rebellion, James Oglethorpe, Virtual Representation
28 Mar 2018
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All of the following are true of the economic system that adam smith called mercantilism except that commerce within colonies was of great interest to the mother country. Georgia proprietor james oglethorpe primarily viewed that colony as a way to prove that prisoners could be rehabilitated. One of the largest slave revolts recorded in colonial north america was the the stono rebellion. By the 18th century, the leading slave trading nation was. What was the middle passage? the voyage taken by the enslaved and european crewmen from africa to the americas. Colonial assemblies were needed to deal with such responsibilities as organizing local militias. In the 18th century, the economies of the upper and lower south were similar in that both were largely based on cash crops. According to the whig theory of virtual representation, members of parliament each represented the greater good.
