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Colonial Developments

Colonial Developments. New England. Chesapeake. 1606 – Jamestown Joint-stock company. John Smith (martial law) John Rolfe – tobacco Maryland – refuge for Catholics Many indentured servants Driven by the pursuit of wealth. Less sense of community. 1620 – Pilgrims (separatists)

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Colonial Developments

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  1. Colonial Developments New England Chesapeake 1606 – Jamestown Joint-stock company. John Smith (martial law) John Rolfe – tobacco Maryland – refuge for Catholics Many indentured servants Driven by the pursuit of wealth. Less sense of community. • 1620 – Pilgrims (separatists) • Mayflower Compact • 1629 – Mass. Bay Colony • Congregationalists (reform from within) • John Winthrop – “City on a Hill” • Roger Williams/Anne Hutchinson (illustrated religious intolerance)

  2. Road to Revolution (1750-1776) • Salutary Neglect (1650-1750) • Mercantilism – Colonies should serve the economic needs of the Crown • Navigation Acts • In 1750, the colonists were loyal British subjects • French/Indian War (1754-1763) • Brought the colonists into close contact with British soldiers

  3. Benjamin Franklin – Albany Plan (1754)

  4. Impact of the French/Indian War • Anti-British Sentiment • Colonists came into contact with each other • Britain was left with a huge debt • Sought to raise revenue from the colonies.

  5. British Regulation • Proclamation of 1763 • Sugar Act (1764) • Currency Act (1764) • Stamp Act (1765) • Virtual representation • Sons of Liberty (1766) • Stamp Act repealed (1766) – Declaratory Act

  6. KEY POINT • These new regulations did not directly lead to the American Revolution • Declaratory Act (1766) • Declaration of Independence (1776) • Many questions ask that you demonstrate knowledge of this fact. • Things really started to get a bit hairy after this event…

  7. 1770 • Economic Tension • Standing army • Still no war. • But…

  8. Boston Tea Party (1773)

  9. Road to War • Coercive Acts (1773) • First Continental Congress (1774) – still hesitant to declare independence • 1775 – Lexington/Concord • 1775 – Second Continental Congress • Common Sense – Thomas Paine • Declaration of Independence (1776) • Franco-American Alliance (1778)

  10. The New Nation Struggles • Articles of Confederation • Shows the fear of a strong central government. • Unicameral, no executive • National government could not tax, regulate trade. • Amendments required unanimous consent. • Britain refused to abandon military posts. • Shay’s Rebellion (1787) • One good accomplishment – Land Ordinance of 1785, NW Ordinance of 1787. • Orderly system for territories to become states.

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