Conflict & Growth in the Colonies

1. Conflict & Growth in the Colonies

2. Conflict in New England

3. Pequot War 1637 By 1637, this became this...

4. Pequot War 1637 Well…it wasn’t our fault…we just wanted the land the Pequot tribe was living on and control of the fur trading industry…is that so bad?

5. Pequot War 1637 Besides…God said we should take it…we are the right religion after all!

6. Pequot War 1637 The Pequot War was really just a series of massacres

7. Pequot War 1637 Nearly all of the 6,000 Pequot were killed by the Puritans and their Native American allies The Puritans proudly declared the Pequot extinct, but by 1900 their numbers had returned to a massive 66. Today the Pequot number a few hundred.

8. King Philip's War 1675 Things were pretty cool for about 40 years...

9. King Philip's War 1675 But, between 1637 and 1675 the Puritans had consistently encroached upon the land of their former allies What can I say…it was good land…and besides, we are of course God’s chosen people!

10. King Philip's War 1675 Relations between the Puritans and Metacom (whose nickname was King Philip) finally broke down when Metacom’s brother mysteriously died in the Puritan settlement where negotiations were being held… Metacom (a.k.a. King Philip)

11. King Philip's War 1676 1 in 10 colonists died! That would be like fighting a modern war in which 30,000,000 Americans were killed!

12. Pequot War (1637) - Puritans and Pequots in conflict over land and control of the fur trade - Land taken by Puritans in God’s name - Pequot declared extinct at the end of the war (not accurate, but close) - Good relations with Native Americans for 40 years King Philip’s War (1675) - Named after Metacom (Wampanoag chief’s nickname) - Very destructive to both sides, but the Puritans win (1676) - Sets precedent for violent encroachment on Native American lands

13. Conflict in the Southern Colonies

14. Bacon's Rebellion

15. Bacon's Rebellion

16. Bacon's Rebellion Myself, and my fellow farmers, need more land on which to grow tobacco!

17. Bacon's Rebellion Tobacco prices are down and manufactured goods cost more and more every day

18. Bacon's Rebellion The wealthy tidewater planters had a great deal of power in government in comparison to the frontier farmers. To make matters worse, the frontiersmen far outnumbered the coastal planters….

19. Bacon's Rebellion After a series of back and forth raids between Native Americans and frontiersmen, Governor William Berkeley stepped in Its pronounced “Barklee”

20. Bacon's Rebellion Bacon! These raids must stop! Allow us time to investigate! Screw you Berkeley!

21. Bacon's Rebellion When Nathaniel Bacon and friends attacked a group of friendly Native Americans the situation worsened

22. Bacon's Rebellion Now you’ve done it Bacon! I’m sending the militia!

23. Fine…I’ll just burn Jamestown to the ground!

24. Then he died from complications caused by me: BODY LICE

25. Bacon's Rebellion But, in the end, the frontiersmen did end up with more land and some of the social tension was relieved

26. Bacon’s Rebellion (1674-1677) • - Poor inland planters and farmers wanted more land to increase tobacco profits • - Rich coastal planters with power in government would not give it to them • - Conflict between frontiersmen and Native Americans for that land • - Series of raids back and forth • - Governor Berkeley asked for time to investigate • - Nathaniel Bacon, etc. ignored that and captured friendly, not guilty, • Native Americans anyway; attacks continued • - Berkeley sent militia to crush Bacon • - Bacon burned Jamestown to the ground • - Results: • - More Native American land for settlers • - Relieved some social tension between rich and poor

27. Colonies Wide Issues

28. Glorious Revolution 1688 Protestsants take over parliament and limit the power of the Catholic monarch Weak sauce! Parliament won’t let me suspend laws, levy taxes, or maintain a standing army during peacetime without their permission

29. Glorious Revolution 1688 This leads colonists to question and overthrow some royal appointees... if the monarch is not absolute, why should he appoint people from 1000s of miles away?

30. Glorious Revolution In Britain (1688) - Protestants gain control of parliament in England and end monarchical absolutism - Led to questioning of many, and overthrow of some, royal appointees

31. 1700s As the plantation system expanded, indentured servitude disappeared in favor of African slavery

32. 1700s Why African slavery? • Whites could blend in and had • governments to petition for grievances • Native Americans died and knew • the land well; easy to hide • Africans were strong, cheap, and • could not blend in - unprotected

33. 1700: Transition from indentured servants to slaves in the Chesapeake - Whites could blend in and had governments to petition - Native Americans died and knew the land well; easy to hide - Africans were strong, cheap, and could not blend in – unprotected - Important step in the creation of a racist ideology

34. 1720 - 1750 Hallelujah! The First Great Awakening!

35. 1720 - 1750 This Puritan rigidity thing is really no fun! All these intellectual types are really boring... Where is the fire? Where is the brimstone? Where is the evangelism? George Whitefield

36. 1720 - 1750 And why the heck aren’t we teaching our slaves the ways of Christianity?? George Whitefield

37. First Great Awakening (1720-1750) - Religious revival in the colonies - Move toward an even more personal relationship with God - Reaction to Puritan rigidity - Move away from scholarly preaching and towards a more evangelical style - Spread Christianity into the slave population

38. The Seven Years' War 1756 - 1763

39. The Seven Years' War 1756 - 1763 Boy I hate those French Catholic jerks with all their land in the Americas

40. The Seven Years' War 1756 - 1763 Me a jerk? You’re the jerk with your land in the Americas and your Protestantism!

41. The Seven Years' War 1756 - 1763 Oh yah? Why don’t you just die Frenchy!

42. The Seven Years' War 1756 - 1763 Big words from heathen infidel scum such as yourself!

43. The Seven Years' War 1756 - 1763 French and British colonists came to the support of their respective governments

44. The Seven Years' War 1756 - 1763 Perhaps the British…better we side with them! Maybe they will treat us well after the war… I wonder who is going to win this thing…? The Iroquois

45. The Seven Years' War 1756 - 1763 Go our team! Hoorah! 

46. The Seven Years' War 1756 - 1763 Outcomes • Many colonists die in the fighting • Britain more than doubles its • colonial holdings • Economic downturn at the end of • the war as a result of 40,000 • troops leaving the colonies British Colonies Territory Lost By France Spanish Claims

47. - The Seven Years’ War (The French and Indian War) (1756-1763) • - One of four wars which took place between 1689 and 1763 • - French (Catholic) and British (Protestants) fighting over • territory in the New World • - Both sides recruited colonists and Native Americans to fight with them • - Iroquois ultimately sided with the British and tipped the balance • - Results: • - British gained control over all French territory east of the Mississippi River • - Many casualties were colonists • - Colonists assumed that in return for service they would gain • access to newly acquired land; did not happen • - Economic prosperity during war (colonists supplied army’s • needs) • - Economic downturn after war (40,000 troops leave)