COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY AMERICA (Ch 2)

Classroom Talk

• Would you follow your parents’ rules if they were out of town?

British Colony

• COLONY: A group of people ruled by the government of another country.–Colonists began to develop their own laws.

“The sun never sets on the

British Empire”

Salutary Neglect:

BR let their colonies mostly run themselves

Religious Freedom

• Puritans settle in Massachusetts• Quakers settle in Pennsylvania• Catholics settle in Maryland• Rhode Island was the first place to welcome

people of all faiths

House of Burgesses• Colonists arrived in Jamestown in 1607.• First gov’t in the colonies –

REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY

Mayflower Compact

• Written by the Pilgrims in 1620.• The 41 men signed the COMPACT, or

agreement, saying the government would make “just and equal laws”.

• Established DIRECT DEMOCRACYin the colonies.

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Colonial Governments

• By 1733, all 13 colonies had established a government.– All had their own governor and a legislature

• Colonists began to grow apartfrom England.

• In the mid-1700’s, England decided to strengthen its control.

Taxation Timeline

• Write-To-Learn Question:– Make a list of reasons why people rebel. Think of

as many reasons as you can. Do not give real world examples of rebellion, but instead focus on the ideas and emotions that trigger rebellion

– You will turn this in at the end of the block!

Reflection Write-To-Learn

1. What reasons for rebellion (from your list) are applicable to the American Colonists?– Use the same paper as your list.

2. What other emotions or philosophical ideas were the driving force behind the Colonists’ rebellion?

Declaration of Independence

• Thomas Jefferson wrote the document• He used the ideas of European philosophers

Jean-Jacques Rousseau and John Locke– Rousseau believed that all men are created equal

and in a social contract between men to keep order in society

– John Locke believed that citizens had natural born rights of life liberty and property

• “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

Write-To-Learn

• Read the Simplified Version of the Declaration of Independence.

• Choose 5 sentences that embody the message of the entire document.

• Highlight/Underline these sentences and be prepared to share your choices.

Revolutionary America

• Thomas Paine – Common Sense• Convinced colonists to separate• Revolutionary propaganda – ideas spread

deliberately to help a cause

• Loyalists – support king• Patriots – favored separation

British War Strategy

• Separate the New England states–Had well led troops, well equipped & well

trained–Plenty of money– Large navy –Had to wait for supplies–War was unpopular in England

Patriots War Strategy

• Defending their homes–No navy– Little experience, not equipped –Well led – General George Washington–No clothing/uniforms/food–Used surprise attacks & ambushes• Learned from the Native Americans

European Aid• France helps Colonists– “My enemy’s enemy is my friend”

• Spain fights against BR in Europe– Spanish Armada

• German mercenaries help British– Aka Hessians

Revolutionary War – Main Battles• Bunker Hill: BR victory but very tough battle• Trenton: Washington crosses Delaware Riv.

and surprises BR– 1st Am. Victory

• Saratoga: Am. forces surround BR and force them to surrender

• Valley Forge: tough winter on Am. troops• Yorktown: BR General Cornwallis

surrenders to Am. & FR– Ends the Am. Rev.