British settlement in North America, 1713–41 (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards

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The British colonies in 1713
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Number of British colonies by 1713

Thirteen

Location of 13 British colonies

Eastern seaboard of North America

Treaty associated with 1713

Treaty of Utrecht

Ultimate colonial authority

British monarch

Body managing colonies from London

Board of Trade

Who appointed royal governors

The king

Who voted for colonial assemblies

Property owners

Two assembly powers

Passing laws and raising taxes

Number of regional settlement patterns

Three

New England economic activities

Farming, fishing, skilled trades

Main New England religion (1713)

Congregationalists

Distinctive middle colonies feature

Religious tolerance

Southern colonies economic basis

Large-scale plantation agriculture

Southern plantation labour source

Enslaved people from West Africa

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