Chapter 4- American Life in the 17 th Century

1. Chapter 4- American Life in the 17th Century

2. Chapter 4-Key Points • Even though initial settlements in the Chesapeake region barely survived, colonies in that area soon spawned the powerful industry of cultivating and selling tobacco. • Helped maintain the economy of the region • Led to the westward penetration of the Chesapeake colonies because of its tendency to exhaust the soil

3. Chapter 4- Key Points • The social life and customs of the North American colonists were shaped and affected by where they lived. • Unique cultural traits took root in New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies • Despite the presence of slavery in the colonies, white settlers were not quick to adopt the social stratification (division) that existed in Europe

4. Characteristics of Puritan Communities

5. An African Slave Coffle • Yoked and bound, these men, women, and children were on their way to a coastal slave market, where they would be herded aboard ship for the Americas.

6. Main Sources and Destinations of African Slaves, c. 1500-1860

7. Advertisements for Slave Sales in Charleston, South Carolina, 1753 • Charleston had the largest slave market in the colonies

8. The Slave Ship Albatross, 1846

9. The “Middle Passage” • The “middle passage” referred to the transatlantic sea voyage that brought slaves to the New World—the long and hazardous “middle” segment of a journey that began with a forced march to the African coast and ended with a trek into the American interior.

10. The Emergence of an African American Culture A vivid illustration of the blending of the two cultures in the crucible of the New World.