American History: Parts of it

A detailed Summary of American History: Parts of it

Pennsylvania became know as the "Melting Pot" or the "Holy Experiment." Also

Delaware was settled in by Sweden known as New Sweden. There were lots of farms growing grain. This place was known as the "Breadbasket." Virginia had farms combining Large and subsistence called Plantations. They were all growing mostly cash crops or crops to sell in 1699. Most were along rivers.

The capital of Virginia went from Jamestown to Williamsburg. There was an incident called Bacons Rebellion. The King had failed to give protection to outer farmers from Indians and elections had stopped. A farmer named Nate Bacon formed a rebellion and burned Jamestown. Bacon grew ill and died. So did the rebellion. Berkley had fled and comeback from Britain with an Army. They hung 23 of the rebellions leaders. After that Gove

The thing where colonies were making money was Mercantilism. The British were trading with America for raw materials so they could manufacture them and then sell them. In 1651 a law was passed called the Navigation acts. That's where certain things had to be shipped by boat to England.

Also education was a big thing. North England had public education. The mid colonies had schools ran by churches. And the south was home schooled

Finally there was a settlement that needed to be established in Georgia to separate the Spanish from the English. They took people from debtors prison to live there. It was a buffer. The man who ran it was James Oglethorpe. The main settlement was called Savannah. The Spanish were driven back a little bit. One time a Spanish man cut off the ear of a British. The Briti

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