CHAPTER 7: Shaping of the American Colonies (1651-1740)

1 Rights of People:

"Rights of Englishmen", Rights of Colonists, Bacon's Rebellion, The Glorious Revolution, Colonial Government, and The Zenger Trial.

2 Plantation Life in Southern Colonies:

Colonial Regions, Plantations Take Hold, The Turn to Slavery, The Middle Passage, An Elite Planter Class, Growth of Plantations, and Life Under Slavery.

3 Life in Colonial New England

Fishing and shipbuilding in New England, Whaling on Nantucket, Atlantic Trading Patterns, Policies of Empire, Blacks in New England, The Role oof Women, Changes in Puritan Society, and The Great Awakening.

4 Farm and City Life in the Middle Colonies:

A Wealth of Recorces, The Pennsylvania Germans, The Importance of Mills, Philadelphia's Prosperity, and A Climate of Tolerance.

5 In the Backcountry:

Geography of the Backcountry, Settling the Backcountry, and The Scots-Irish, Backcountry Life.

 

CHAPTER 8