The Old South

The Old South

The task system also showed assimilation into the British world, African words an customs survived long in South Carolina than the Chesapeake Newly imported slaves spoke Gullah a 2nd language pidgin language. Gullah bagan with phrases common to many West Africans language. Gradually English words were added and became the natural language of later generations.

Everywhere slavery took hold it required brute force to sustain it. Slaves convicted of arson were often burned at the stake. This was a unthinkable punishment for the white person, whippings were frequent with the master or overseer. Setting the number of stripes in North Carolina one overseer killed 5 slaves in two or three yrs before 1712. When one slave fell asleep and lost one parcel of rice in the river the overseer chained him, whipped him twice a day, refused to give him food, and confined him at night in a machine that was shaped like a coffin, where he could not turn. Slave houses usually had no windows, 1 door, and dirt floors.

Georgia the failure enlightment of Utopia . The sponsors of the Georgia project hoped to create a society that could make productive use of England’s poor, they were determined to make use of silk and wine. These were products the no other British colony had succeeded i making profitable. They also intended to shield South Carolina slave society from Spanish Florida by populating Georgia with disciplined armed free man. Georgia was a colony that was to never have slaves. Appalled by what cheap English Gin was doing to sobriety and industry of England’s working people, the profited hard liquor as well as slave labor. Georgia no liqueur and no slaves. First settlers laid out Savannah a town with spacious streets. Within 10yrs 1,800 charity cases and just over 1000 self supporting colonist. The Trustees gave 50 acres to every male settler whose passage was paid for by charity cases. Those who paid there own passage could claim 500 acres. Ordinnarly farmers did poorly they couldnt support a family on 50acres of the sandy soil around Savannah. The trustees envisioned every land owner as a soldier. Women couls not inherit becuse they could not be soldiers. land owners could not sale their plots. The settlers were unable to grow grapes or to persuade the sickly worms , that survived the Atlantic crossing to make silk out of Mulberry leaves. The settlers were clambering for Rum. They smuggled it into the colony when they could they could and they insisted that Georgia would never thrive innless they had slaves.

The seven year war

The French dominated the fur trade in Canada and the colonies, they especially controlled the Ohio Valley Region in the mid 18th century. How a group of fur traders from the colonies ventured into the Ohio Valley and were turned back by the French. The French had built a Fort to solidify their presence. The Fort was called Fort Ducane. Delegates from the southern middle northern colonies met at Abony, New York to gather an Army to persuade the neutral Huroki to join their efforts to push the French out of the Ohio valley. The Huroki refused to join the colonist and a young George Washington attempted to attack the French but found himslef lost and lost 1/3 of his men. Another significant victory by the French and their Indian allies caused the Britian to declare war on France in 1756. Thus bagan the the 7 year war. This war was also faught in Connential Europe it involved France, Austria, and Russia, who were fighting against Prussia. British forces were successful in defeating France in its American and Canadian strong holds. The war ended in 1763 with the Treaty of Paris. Under this agreement France gave its American territories to England and Spain an allie of France gave Florida to England. England will receive Florida and all of the French area. Ohio valley which was England forced France to give Louisiana to Spain.

Tightening the strings on the new colony. Te colonies witnessed economic prosperities during the seven year war. As they satisfied the British militaries demand for goods but the economy suffered after the war as the bottom dropped out of markets such a tobacco. The British government at this time wanted to replinish the treasury. Because they spent all money on war. British parliment passed a number acts to raise money from the colonies.

In 1764 it passed the Sugar and Carnesy acts. The sugar act passed new duties or taxes on the export on molasses from colony. While the Carnesy act outlawed the ability for the colonies to issue their own money. Theses act were followed by the Stamp act in 1765. It required that a tax stamp be placed on all printed materials. This included Newspapers, wills transference of land, liquor license, purchasing of playing cards, and borrowing