HIST 172 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Manhattan, Puritans, Acculturation
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People of the american colonies (from different social status, culture, race) created the new world. The europe, africa and the americas were connected by the new and complex atlantic world. The civil war, religious conflict and nation building transformed the 17th britain and remade societies. The colonial settlements were powerful to war against native americans. The american society was shaped by the patterns and systems established during the colonial era: slavery and the making of race. Reverend francis le jau was terrified by the brutal slavery system. English traders encouraged wars with indians in order to enslave captives. The 1660s, new laws to enslave africans, resulting in two different two races, white and black. Hundreds of indians were enslaved through wars (1636-1676). Wars in florida, south carolina and the mississippi valley produced even more indian slaves during the 18th century.
