The Massachusetts bay colony the British colony 1 Began as a place to escape religious persecution in Britain 2 To become a godly community where there is no bad evil or loud A city on a hill or an idea of a new Jerusalem 3 Mayflower compact it is an example of early democracy a b we will form own governemrnt set of laws and will abide by its laws c it s a church covenants shaped into a civil one These are puritans 4 a puritan meeting house this is where they met to worship god and to have 5 not all colonists agreed on strong religious beliefs and those folks saw the meeting a a puritans as intolerant Economy 6 7 people who are already here the family farm british government gets little benefits from this there is an attempt to Christianize the and it fails because it is halfhearted b The BRITISH were not willing to learn native language c The colonists criticize natives for not using the land therefore they had the right to take the land from the natives because they were not using it properly This created hostility 8 Puritans left English kings a They were radicals and critical of the English kings That s why they b Puritans held meetings and debated and voted on laws in regards of i 1st law code laws and liberties 1648 they set the model for democracy c d british interest in colony i ii they did not find anything they could have gotten rich on besides family far this was disappointing JAMAICA 100 TIMES MORE IMORTANT 1 Main reason SUGAR THE SPANISH COLONY MEXICO 1 MEXICO a THE mOST IMPORTANT Spanish colony because there was a high population and it is a very good tax place it is a surplus producing in markets a big economy largets city b Spanish king gave out rights of encomiendo i The king gave out land and the people on the land c Result large ranches and mines a Natives were close to slave labor poor pay and poor living conditions b In addition to exploitation i Central Mexico in 1500 25 million dead ii Central mexico in 1523 17 million dead 2 Hacienda c 1542 the Spanish crown took interest in mexico They originally left the land to people with good intentions but that was not the case d New laws were put in to protect natives i Audiencias decided whether spanierd was able to keep land ii Economy prosperous for land owners and mine owner iii Spain 1 Benefits because there were different metals that 2 After 1600 faded as a power in Europe Losing many entered the country wars e Common people were vey poor and you made more money by doing nothing You could not advance f There was not self government g There was a spread of Christianity 3 In Mexico a there was a rise in creoles born is mexico but they are still Spaniards British colony economy small farms british role mot much prosperous colonists self government social equality long term revolution the usa Spanish colony economy big ranches Spanish role huge Then ruled by creoles A few got rich most were poor Social and racial differences Long term creole led independence The Gunpowder Revolution of the Early Modern Ear 16th and 17th centuries 1 Empire and colony a Which were the empires i Russian habsburg Austrian ottoman Mughal Spanish and Portuguese b The modern state unification is the 16th century c France nation state one ethnic group is one country d What about the Chinese empire i They are not conquering other people overs seas instead they set up a system where 40 different states paid tribute This makes theme the oddball Ming dynasty ii Not an empire because there is no geographic expansion iii This was smart because 100 million people in their country is to much and there are no tools or skill to control e For Europe and asia gunpowder empires i Black death was in 1350 and it spread to new England ii Wipe out almost half of the population iii This allowed people to rebuild iv Local and long distance and local trade was reived in 15 century v Forced better trade to new firearms and to noew technologies vi like ships and navigation technologies Th oar driven galley was not good enough because they to slow and required to much labor not enough crgo room and cannot hold cannons 1 the caravel replaces is vii viii these t3echnoogies intensified the power and the aouthority of the rulers who played with innovations local power elites o Eurasia are the losers 1 they are small and they have no power against other nations ix meant more wars and more access to global trade x Stat merhan alliances 1 People who can paster international commerce are the most powerfull because of the connected allies xi Because there are more clashes there is introducio to larger and more powerful weapons and militaries xii From this stand point this is the reason why there are more voyages and exploration xiii This mainly happened in Europe and Asia 1 The ottoman empire were abe to patrol the Mediterranean and the Indian ocean 2 The Mughal empire success a Babur b Gujarat resisted c Akbar Moscow 3 Russia 16t century threw its ruler eastward towads 4 They till fought with swords and arrows although they 5 had guns In the southeast asia Burma Siam and Vietnam became power states with the help of fire power 6 Western Europe british French and dutch rise to power because of their navy They begin to take market With each gain they got more power and wealth which they used to create bigger armies and weapons 7 Who fell Spanish and the Portuguese xiv Lets end with chia 1 An oddball because it preferred to fight with swords and martial arts 2 Ming dynasty 1368 1644 fear of nomads made the flea from guns to create a wall 3 They did not do the gunpowder revolution making them fall behind 4