1. What circumstances led to the introduction of slavery into the colonies AND how did it develop differently throughout the British North American Southern colonies? (for the second part of the question compare and contrast any two of the following regions: Chesapeake, Carolinas, West Indies)
There were a few circumstances that lead to the introduction of slavery in the colonies. One circumstance was the development of the South Atlantic system, which had its center mainly in the South American area. Several slaves were working in plantations at these places at the time. Slavery became so popular because there was almost no sweet foods in the New World pre-1500. Once sugarcane plantations started there was such a demand that more production …show more content…
He had done this after the Parliament had approved is policies because he provided supporters with pensions and appointments.This threatened the liberties of the British causing them to complain and also strengthen their representative assemblies. In terms of commerce the policy of salutary neglect led to the introduction led to a maturing of the colonial economy. Even though the British passed several acts trying to prohibit the settlers from selling to other countries or from making certain things the colonies found ways to bypass these laws. When the mainland settlers ran out of people to sell too, there started to sell their produce to the French. Also, even when the British put a high tariff on French molasses, the colonists retaliated;bribing customs officials and smuggling in French molasses. There was also a problem with the lack of currency, leading to colonial assemblies to lend paper money. This idea was abused by Rhode Island who printed and issued huge amounts of paper money leading to deflation and devaluation of the money. Overall, salutary neglect led to a lenience in mercantilist principles as colonists were easily able to break them, and also led to a variety of currency problems. In terms of religion, there continued to a majority of Puritans in the New England Colonies, In the South the Anglican Church had been established earlier. However, the actions of the British made it look like they were doing things only in their best interests. This is seen when they returned Louisburg to France which scared the colonist as they did not want to be invaded by Catholic Quebec 's. All in all, the British did not really care about religious interests of the colonists, as long as they believed in some sort of Christianity. (Protestant, Puritan, Calvinist
There were a few circumstances that lead to the introduction of slavery in the colonies. One circumstance was the development of the South Atlantic system, which had its center mainly in the South American area. Several slaves were working in plantations at these places at the time. Slavery became so popular because there was almost no sweet foods in the New World pre-1500. Once sugarcane plantations started there was such a demand that more production …show more content…
He had done this after the Parliament had approved is policies because he provided supporters with pensions and appointments.This threatened the liberties of the British causing them to complain and also strengthen their representative assemblies. In terms of commerce the policy of salutary neglect led to the introduction led to a maturing of the colonial economy. Even though the British passed several acts trying to prohibit the settlers from selling to other countries or from making certain things the colonies found ways to bypass these laws. When the mainland settlers ran out of people to sell too, there started to sell their produce to the French. Also, even when the British put a high tariff on French molasses, the colonists retaliated;bribing customs officials and smuggling in French molasses. There was also a problem with the lack of currency, leading to colonial assemblies to lend paper money. This idea was abused by Rhode Island who printed and issued huge amounts of paper money leading to deflation and devaluation of the money. Overall, salutary neglect led to a lenience in mercantilist principles as colonists were easily able to break them, and also led to a variety of currency problems. In terms of religion, there continued to a majority of Puritans in the New England Colonies, In the South the Anglican Church had been established earlier. However, the actions of the British made it look like they were doing things only in their best interests. This is seen when they returned Louisburg to France which scared the colonist as they did not want to be invaded by Catholic Quebec 's. All in all, the British did not really care about religious interests of the colonists, as long as they believed in some sort of Christianity. (Protestant, Puritan, Calvinist