TIME PERIOD 2 1607 to 1754 LECTURE HEADINGS

Virginia and the Chesapeake after 1607  Tobacco planted the seed of profit and sowed conflict in a newly stratified society Southern class structure.

An Economy of Slaves - Sugar and Slaves—The Caribbean The  immensity of land necessitated the need for cheap labor in the English Colonies.

Radicals in the Wilderness - Pilgrims and Puritans The desire to create a godly community revolutionized settlement patterns in the New England colonies.

 Blood and Betrayal: New England vs. Native Americans [1621 to 1676] White encroachment results in an uneasy coexistence of English settlers and Native Americans dissolved in mutual suspicions, conflicts and retaliations.

Traders in the Wilderness - Dutch and Quaker New World Visions Openness, relative social mobility and benevolence toward Native Americans promoted a diverse societies in the Middle Colonies

Resistance and Rebellion in the English Colonies (1636 to 1739) Challenges to the English social order revealed underlying political, social and economic tensions in the colonies. 

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God  - The First Great Awakening [1739-1744]  Inter colonial religious revivals democratized religion and marked a direct challenge to the deferential thinking that dominated the colonies.

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution [1700-1775]  Distinctive social, economic, and political structures of the thirteen Atlantic seaboard colonies evolve into a recognizably American culture.