How Did The British Colonies Create A Personal Identity?
The colonies that the British started in America, was for their own gain, it was to help create a supply of resources for them to receive as a return for helping them start anew. This was how it started, but what Britain did not realize was this was going to be the start of a new culture being brought forward to join forces as one. The British attempted to hold strict laws against the colonies so they continued gaining the most benefits. These British colonies in America were able to create a personal identity for themselves by their use of economy, religion, and their political structure, by ways of their set up, their way of life in colonies helped them create a joint unity. There were many aspects that played into the role of creating this
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Throughout the colonies, they had an income of money primarily through the products they were able to produce. A variety of products had been sent out of the three sections of the colonies: New England, Middle, and South. Each section had different products they were capable of producing and selling or exporting. The first document is a map of the “Economic Products of the Colonies”. The map shows the commonality of products in the different sections. Such as with New England being able to supply: fish, rum, naval stores, and lumber, which the lumber allowed for them to begin shipbuilding also. Then the middle colonies produced: wheat, corn, and lumber. Lastly, you have the southern colonies which had: tobacco, rice, hides, indigo, and lumber. These had become a popular sell for them having them sell to Britain so the mother country retained natural resources they could not necessarily supply for themselves. Then if you look at document two, it portrays a chart of “Blacks as Percent of Total Populations by Region (1630-1780)”. When comparing the percentages there is a noticeable increase in African Americans throughout the South which ties back into the production of goods, African-Americans in the South were used as slaves, forced to do the excruciating labor that the colonists refused to do. The slaves had been brought through the triangle trade which was used with the transferring of goods between the colonies, Europe, and Africa. These were the ways in which they used what they had in order to make profit in order to live to some standards in
Throughout the colonies, they had an income of money primarily through the products they were able to produce. A variety of products had been sent out of the three sections of the colonies: New England, Middle, and South. Each section had different products they were capable of producing and selling or exporting. The first document is a map of the “Economic Products of the Colonies”. The map shows the commonality of products in the different sections. Such as with New England being able to supply: fish, rum, naval stores, and lumber, which the lumber allowed for them to begin shipbuilding also. Then the middle colonies produced: wheat, corn, and lumber. Lastly, you have the southern colonies which had: tobacco, rice, hides, indigo, and lumber. These had become a popular sell for them having them sell to Britain so the mother country retained natural resources they could not necessarily supply for themselves. Then if you look at document two, it portrays a chart of “Blacks as Percent of Total Populations by Region (1630-1780)”. When comparing the percentages there is a noticeable increase in African Americans throughout the South which ties back into the production of goods, African-Americans in the South were used as slaves, forced to do the excruciating labor that the colonists refused to do. The slaves had been brought through the triangle trade which was used with the transferring of goods between the colonies, Europe, and Africa. These were the ways in which they used what they had in order to make profit in order to live to some standards in