Chapter 4: Life in the American Colonies

Producing just enough to meet immediate needs.

The trip across the ocean.

Trade route between three destinations, such as Britain, West Africa, and the West Indies.

Rules forcing on the behavior and punishment of enslaved people.

Producing just enough to meet immediate needs.

The trip across the ocean. 

Trade route between three destinations, such as Britain, West Africa, and the West Indies.

Rules forcing on the behavior and punishment of enslaved people.

Producing just enough to meet immediate needs.

•Religion boost and the formation of many new types of churches.

The trip across the ocean. 

Trade route between three destinations, such as Britain, West Africa, and the West Indies.

The trip across the ocean.

Producing just enough to meet immediate needs.

Rules forcing on the behavior and punishment of enslaved people.

•Religion boost and the formation of many new types of churches.

•Religion boost and the formation of many new types of churches.

Trade route between three destinations, such as Britain, West Africa, and the West Indies.

The trip across the ocean. 

Producing just enough to meet immediate needs.

Middle and South

Middle and North

Plantation owners

The state

The town

Communities

The state

The communites

•White men who own land in the state.

Anyone could

Communities with 5 homes

Communities with 10 homes

Communities with 25 homes

Communities with 50 homes or more

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