HIST 1056/11/13- Pennsylvaniao Quakers are associated with antislavery and religious freedom and Pacifism Split over slavery and later over use of violence to stop ito Founded by William Penn (who held slaves) and was a Quakero New England colonies were more uniformly religiouso Middle Colonies had more religious tolerance- Carolinaso South Carolina was originally Charles Towno English Colony settled by English from Caribbean and brought cropso Brought in large numbers of enslaved Africans for plantationso Spanish became concerned and built Castillo de San Marcos to protect St. Augustineo As Charles Town became populated slaves began escaping to St. Augustineo Spain made a decree of sanctuary and freed slaves that escaped to St. Augustineo Freed slaves could join militia to protect St. Augustine- Georgiao Established by English without slaves in 1736o In between Carolinas and Florida used as slave buffero Couldn’t get enough labor and in 1752 slavery was introduced- Stono Rebelliono Slave rebellion in 1739 outside of Charles Towno 20 enslaved Africans gathered near Stono Rivero Killed 2 weapon shop owners and armed themselveso Led by Jemmy for freedom in Floridao Group increase to over 100 enslaved and slaughtered many white people- Fort Moseo Black militia guarded the only dry road (the rest was swamp) to St. Augustineo Spanish built it for the freed slaveso War of Jenkins’ Ear, 1738-1742 English defeat at Fort Mose in 1740 70 English defeated by African soldierso Situation of enslaved is: “Constant Resistance”- Great Awakeningo Jonathan Edwards and George Whitfieldo Appeal to a personal and emotional connection with the divineo The differences weren’t between North and South but East and Westo Went away from structure in the westo Slaves would worship with their masters in their churches more westwardo Indians began to reject western culture- John Locke, 1632 - 1704o Founder of Royal Society of Natural Knowledgeo Secretary to Corp. that created Charles Towno Believe man had natural rights to life, liberty and propertyo Government should be made to protect propertyo Government was agreement between government and governed not coercion- Spanish Treasureo Spanish collected so much silver that it inflated the European economyo At one point tobacco equaled its weight in silver- Mercantilismo Colonies were made for economic benefit of mother countryo Navigation Acts Colonies are not allowed to trade without permission Motherland dictated amount traded, how it happened and what routeo British navy took tall treeso Put these in place but tended to not enforce themo Went from command economies to market economieso Price revolution: oversupply, rent on land and no fixed
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