neo-colonialism

Examples of neo-colonialism in the following topics:

• Promoting Peace Abroad

  • Thus began an era of economic neo-colonialism in which natural resources were heavily extracted from developing countries in the Global South to bolster the prosperity of wealthy countries in the Global North.

• English Administration of the Colonies

  • Each colony had a paid colonial agent in London to represent its interests.
  • Provincial colonies, also known as royal colonies, were under the direct control of the king, who usually appointed a royal governor.
  • Proprietary colonies were governed much as provincial colonies except that Lords Proprietors, rather than the king, appointed the governor.
  • Massachusetts began as a charter colony in 1684 but became a provincial colony in 1691.
  • In a charter colony, Britain granted a charter to the colonial government establishing the rules under which the colony was to be governed.

• Conclusion: Patterns of British Settlement in the Colonies

  • Through the 17th century, Great Britain established 13 colonies in North America and greatly expanded its colonial reach.
  • In the early 1700s, the population in the colonies had reached 250,000.
  • The early colonies also contributed to the rise in population in English America as many thousands of Europeans made their way to the colonies.
  • The colonies differed substantially in their economics; while northern colonies relied heavily on the emergence of industry and the production of goods to sell or trade, southern colonies arose out of agriculture and the production of staple crops.
  • Southern colonies especially relied on slavery, but all colonies benefited from the institution.

• The Economy of the Middle Colonies

  • The Middle Colonies flourished economically due to fertile soil, broad navigable rivers, and abundant forests.
  • The Middle Colonies comprised the middle region of the Thirteen Colonies of the British Empire in North America.
  • The partly unglaciated Middle Colonies enjoyed fertile soil vastly different from the nearby New England colonies, which contained more rocky soil.
  • Because of the large grain exports resulting from this soil, the colonies came to be known as the Bread Basket Colonies.
  • While the Middle Colonies had far more industry than the Southern Colonies, they still did not rival the industry of New England.

• Georgia

  • The Province of Georgia was chartered as a proprietary colony in 1733 and was the last of the 13 original British colonies.
  • The Province of Georgia, also called Georgia Colony, was one of the southern colonies in British America and the last of the 13 original colonies established by Great Britain.
  • In 1755, Georgia officially ceased to be a trustee colony and became a crown colony.
  • In practice, settlement in the colony was limited to the vicinity near the Savannah River.
  • The Georgia Colony would act as a "buffer state" (border) or "garrison province" that would defend the southern part of the British colonies from Spanish Florida.

• An Emerging Colonial System

  • The colonies began as disparate political units, eventually merging themselves into thirteen cohesive colonies.
  • The Thirteen Colonies were the English colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America founded between 1607 and 1733.
  • Saybrook Colony was founded in 1635 and merged with Connecticut Colony in 1644.
  • Carolina colony was divided into two colonies, North Carolina and South Carolina, in 1712.
  • Both colonies became royal colonies in 1729.

• Settling the Middle Colonies

  • The Middle Colonies consisted of the middle region of the Thirteen Colonies of the British Empire in North America.
  • The Middle Colonies tended to mix aspects of the New England and Southern Colonies.
  • Its large exports led to its constituent colonies becoming known as the Bread Basket Colonies.
  • While the Middle Colonies had far more industry than the Southern Colonies, they still did not rival the industry of New England.
  • Compare the culture of the Middle Colonies with that of other English colonies

• English Colonies

  • A single person or family owned proprietary colonies, also called charter colonies.
  • Investors owned Joint Stock colonies.
  • A Joint Stock colony would sell shares.
  • The Jamestown colony became a small city within the larger colony of Virginia (which became an economically successful colony due to tobacco).
  • The colonial South included the plantation colonies of the Chesapeake region and the lower South.

• Settling the Southern Colonies

  • The Southern Colonies in North America were established by the British during the 16th and 17th centuries.
  • The colonies were originally chartered to compete in the race for colonies in the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries.
  • George Calvert received a charter from King Charles I to found the colony of Maryland in 1634.
  • The Province of Georgia (also called the Georgia Colony) was the last of the 13 original colonies established by Great Britain.
  • Summarize the major events in the development of the Southern Colonies

• The Demographics of the Middle Colonies

  • The Middle Colonies tended to mix aspects of the New England and Southern Colonies.
  • Once colonization had begun, the Middle Colonies were more ethnically diverse than the other British colonial regions in North America and tended to be more socially tolerant.
  • The Scots-Irish also began immigrating to the Middle Colonies in waves after 1717.
  • Estimated population in the Colonies as of the year 1700.
  • The Middle Colonies held a population of about 65,000, compared to New England's 120,000 and the Southern Colonies' 77,000.