Colonial Terms
Published on Nov 20, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
MERCANTILISM
- Is the idea that colonies existed for the benefit of the mother country
- According to the beliefs at the time, the wealth of the world was fixed
- to increase a country's wealth, they needed to either explore and expand or conquer wealth through conquest
TRIANGULAR TRADE
- New Englanders manufactured and shipped rum to the west coast of Africa in exchange for slaves.
- The slaves were taken on the “Middle Passage” to the West Indies where they were sold for molasses and money.
- The molasses would be sent to New England to make rum and start the entire system of trade all over again.
THE GREAT AWAKENING
- The Great Awakening was a period of great revivalism that spread throughout the colonies in the 1730s-1740s.
- It deemphasized the importance of church doctrine
- and instead put a greater importance on the individual and their spiritual experience.
ENLIGHTENMENT
- was a cultural movement of intellectuals beginning in the late 17th and 18th century Europe
- emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition
- Its purpose was to reform society using reason, challenge ideas grounded in tradition and faith,
- and advance knowledge through the scientific method
SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
- was the emergence of modern science during the early modern period, when developments in
- mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology, medicine, and chemistry transformed views of society and nature
