During the 1700’s, a colonial newspaper called the New York Weekly Journal, printed stories about official corruption and government actions that were politically incorrect. The apprentice, John Peter Zenger, started printing hundreds of papers with the misleading information. Several colonists began to question weather the information in the papers were true or false. As colonists questioned the papers, they started to question their daily lives and different ideas while they lived in British North America. The following events created changes in the ideas and daily lives of the people in British North America: the crown, the Glorious Revolution, natural rights, introduction to slavery, and mercantilism to capitalism. Tensions were high
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In 1689, the people agreed that the monarchs had no right to control them anymore. Locke’s idea of “humans were born free in a state of nature and only agreed to a social compact when it suited their purposes” changed the ways of how the people of the colonies wanted to be ruled. This idea later shapes the government for the new …show more content…
But as years went on, white colonists lost the self-respect for the slaves. People’s daily lives during this time changed. While British landowners imported slaves from Africa, production of tobacco, rice, and indigo grew. The demand for these products in Europe increased and the workers supplying the industry were slaves. The concept of supply and demand led to a growth in prosperity. Plantation owners now started to control the southern colonies. In this new society, wealthy white males had power and the social order was now being determined by the slave trade. During this time, all whites, male or female, were above Africans in the social class. Many southern colonies were always concerned with the Africans being influenced by the idea that they can become free. In the North, there was only 5% of enslaved slaves. Some slaves in the North were able to purchase their freedom. In 1693, many enslaved slaves lived in the Spanish Colonies in what is now Florida. Majority of the people in the Spanish Colonies were Catholic. Spain offered fugitives, which included slaves, to convert to Catholicism and escape to the colonies. Word spread and slaves escaped to the colonies. As many runaway slaves escaped from the Carolina’s, the economy then took a hit. In addition to the economy dropping, the white planter government set a hold on the amount the slaves being
In 1689, the people agreed that the monarchs had no right to control them anymore. Locke’s idea of “humans were born free in a state of nature and only agreed to a social compact when it suited their purposes” changed the ways of how the people of the colonies wanted to be ruled. This idea later shapes the government for the new …show more content…
But as years went on, white colonists lost the self-respect for the slaves. People’s daily lives during this time changed. While British landowners imported slaves from Africa, production of tobacco, rice, and indigo grew. The demand for these products in Europe increased and the workers supplying the industry were slaves. The concept of supply and demand led to a growth in prosperity. Plantation owners now started to control the southern colonies. In this new society, wealthy white males had power and the social order was now being determined by the slave trade. During this time, all whites, male or female, were above Africans in the social class. Many southern colonies were always concerned with the Africans being influenced by the idea that they can become free. In the North, there was only 5% of enslaved slaves. Some slaves in the North were able to purchase their freedom. In 1693, many enslaved slaves lived in the Spanish Colonies in what is now Florida. Majority of the people in the Spanish Colonies were Catholic. Spain offered fugitives, which included slaves, to convert to Catholicism and escape to the colonies. Word spread and slaves escaped to the colonies. As many runaway slaves escaped from the Carolina’s, the economy then took a hit. In addition to the economy dropping, the white planter government set a hold on the amount the slaves being