Colonial America and Independence

📋 Course Outline

1. The Thirteen Colonial Regions
2. Crown and Proprietary Colonies
3. Colonial Political Institutions
4. Mercantilism and Colonial Trade
5. The Transatlantic Slave Trade
6. Slavery and Plantation Economy

📅 Key Dates

1. August 18, 1518King Charles I of Spain authorized the capture and transportation of Africans to the Americas
2. August 1619the first ship carrying enslaved Africans arrived in the English colony of Virginia
3. 1651the Navigation Acts required goods from the colonies to Great Britain to be transported only on British ships
4. 1663the Navigation Acts required the colonies to conduct trade mainly through Britain
5. 1776the American colonies declared their independence

📖 1. The Thirteen Colonial Regions

★ Must-know

• By the eighteenth century, the thirteen British colonies were divided into three regions: the Northern Colonies, the Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies.

Further detail

• The Northern Colonies were:

  • Massachusetts
  • Rhode Island
  • Connecticut
  • New Hampshire

• The Middle Colonies were:

  • Pennsylvania
  • New York
  • New Jersey
  • Delaware