Colonial America Before Independence

📋 Course Outline

1. The Thirteen Colonial Regions
2. Colonial Rule and Religious Communities
3. Colonial Political Institutions
4. Mercantilism and Controlled Trade
5. Slavery and the Atlantic System

📅 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 only British ships to transport goods from the colonies to Great Britain
4. 1663the Navigation Acts required the colonies to trade mainly through Britain, increasing Great Britain's control and wealth

📖 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

• The Southern Colonies were:

  • Virginia
  • North Carolina
  • South Carolina
  • Maryland
  • Georgia

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