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?

Besides…God said we should take it…we are the right religion after all!

What can I say…it was good land…and

besides, we are of course God’s

chosen people!

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)

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

Myself, and my fellow farmers, need more land on which

to grow tobacco!

Tobacco prices are down and

manufactured goods cost more

and more every day

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….

Its pronounced “Barklee”

Bacon! These raids must stop! Allow us time to investigate!

Screw you Berkeley!

Now you’ve done it Bacon!I’m sending the militia!

Fine…I’ll just burn Jamestown to the

ground!

Then he died from complications caused by me:

BODY LICE

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

Weak sauce!

Parliament won’t let me suspend laws, levy taxes, or maintain a

standing army during peacetime without their permission

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

- 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

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

Hallelujah!

The First Great Awakening!

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

And why the heck aren’t we teaching our slaves the ways of Christianity??

George Whitefield

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

Boy I hate thoseFrench Catholic

jerks with all their land in the Americas

Me a jerk?You’re the jerk with

your land in the Americas and your

Protestantism!

Oh yah?

Why don’t you just die Frenchy!

Big words from heathen infidel scum such as

yourself!

French and British colonists came to the support of their respective governments

I wonder who is going to win this thing…?

The Iroquois

Perhaps the British…better we side with them! Maybe they will

treat us well after the war…

Hoorah!

Go our team!

- 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

- 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)