HIST 270 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: George Whitefield, Stono Rebellion, Flax
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Chapter 4 - the english colonies in the eighteenth century. South had fifth regional economy from sugar trade. Tobacco growing & wheat/grain (bc of taxes on tobacco) Used to be spain"s (west indies) but now it"s england"s. Rivals of english merchants rather than sources of profit. New york, new jersey, pennsylvania, and delaware economies. Wood products (shipbuilding) / flaxseed (linens) / wheat = central. Farmed by euro immigrants, ex-servants, or families of younger sons. England = 50% of exports from colonies, 90% of imports to colonies. Puritans = community centered, yankees = self-centered. Puritans = regulate prices/interest rates / yankees = economic competition/gains. But - yankees still supported public institutions (mail, school, news) 18% of slaves died on ocean servants more african slaves. England"s economy better & more immigration to middle colonies indentured. Planter"s benefits: bound for life, won"t compete, no holidays. Dutch monopoly broken as chesapeake population increased. Barbados = cruelty colonists cruel to african slaves.
