Economy and Religion in the British Colonies: Reading 1.3

The next reading will take us into the 18th cenutry and look at economic and social features of the British colonies. Here are some questions for your consideration:

1. Name at least one major industry for each of the three regions (New England, Middle, and Plantation Colonies.
2. What is the triangular trade? (See map on pg. 84.)
3. Elaborate on the quote, "Yet strains appeared in this complex network as early as the 1730s" (referring to the Colonial economy).
4. What were the two most prominent "established" churches in the colonies?
5. How were the Anglican and Congregationalist churches different in the colonies?
6. In the shortest sentence possible, what was The Great Awakening?