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Setting the stage for a New Nation

Setting the stage for a New Nation. Roots of Government. Magna Carta 1215 Limited the power of the king. Had to ask to raise taxes. Roots of Government. Salutary neglect Hands off policy Passed laws but didn ’ t enforce. Spanish Armada. 1588 Spain sent its Navy to destroy England.

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Setting the stage for a New Nation

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  1. Setting the stage for a New Nation

  2. Roots of Government Magna Carta 1215 Limited the power of the king. Had to ask to raise taxes

  3. Roots of Government Salutary neglect Hands off policy Passed laws but didn’t enforce

  4. Spanish Armada • 1588 • Spain sent its Navy to destroy England. • England was able to defeat the Armada

  5. Spanish Armada • The consequence of the defeat. Spain was weakened. England and other countries settled Northern Colonies

  6. Differences in Style English settled and stayed French traded and left Spanish Destroyed

  7. St. Augustine The first successful settlement in North America 1513

  8. Roanoke - The Lost Colony • Started by Sir Walter Raleigh • Early settlers more interested in Gold than fishing • When Gold ran low, they returned to England • In 1587, Raleigh sent a second group but they arrived too late in season to plant crops • Their leader (John White) sailed back to England for more supplies. While there fighting broke out between England and Spain. • His return was delayed for three years. • When he finally reached the island, the colonist had disappeared. • Carved on the doorpost was the word CROATOAN

  9. Jamestown First successful English colony in America.

  10. Jamestown Pocahontas “saving” John Smith Settled by the river, the land was marshy. The Natives lived deeper into the forest.

  11. Jamestown John Smith almost killed himself with gun powder. Two years earlier the colony would have rejoiced. This time they almost died. While John Smith left, the colony experienced a “starving time. 60 of the 214 lived

  12. Land Disputes • Native-Americans found out what the settlers wanted and cut them off. • What did they want?

  13. John Rolfe • Married to Pocahontas • Developed high grade tobacco • Gave England a reason to care about America

  14. Bacon’s Rebellion • 1676 • By 1670 ¼ of free white men were former servants. • Resented land owners • Lost the rebellion, but forced laws to change.

  15. New England Colonies • Massachusetts • New Hampshire • Rhode Island • Connecticut

  16. Why Come? • These settlers came here mostly for religious freedom. • Highly religious people.

  17. Subsistence Farming • Growing mainly just enough for your family. • Sell very little of what you grow

  18. Staple Crops • Crops that are a main part of the diet • Corn is a prime example

  19. Town Hall Meetings • Close communities. • Town meetings to settle problems. • Met in the Church

  20. Puritan Theocracy • Church is political • Punishments come from the Bible

  21. Middle Colonies • New York • Pennsylvania • Delaware • New Jersey

  22. The Middle Colonies/ Jobs • Most of the Craftsman and merchant traders came from here. • Still had some slaves.

  23. Religion • Had religious freedom throughout • Pennsylvania mostly Quaker though • William Penn

  24. Why Come? • Came here for both religious freedom and Jobs/Money

  25. Southern Colonies • Maryland • Virginia • North Carolina • South Carolina • Georgia

  26. Importance of Land • Land determines social position. You own land you have power. • Voting restricted to white male land owners

  27. Commercial Farmers • Had large farms (plantations) for the purpose of making money.

  28. Cash Crops • Crops that are highly profitable

  29. Why Come? • Came here for the purpose of making money • Land = Power and Money

  30. Charter A legal document that gives you rights to the land.

  31. Colony A distant area that is controlled by the home country.

  32. Market A place to buy and sale goods. The goal of the Colonies was to create a market for English goods.

  33. Indentured Servant Work for a term of time and then receive your freedom. Free trip to the Colonies

  34. Apprentice Training to become a master craftsman. Work for little or no pay and then you start your own business.

  35. Triangular Trade • Columbian Exchange • Trading goods between 3 ports.

  36. Plantations • Had to have many slaves to operate. • Cash crops-crops raised for trade, not consumption. This is industrial agriculture.

  37. Slavery Plantations and Commercial farming led to the need for free labor. This is a part of the Triangular Trade Called the Middle Passage First African Slaves in America were in 1619

  38. Push/Pull Factors Pull- Good things that draw you to an area. Push- Bad things that make you leave.

  39. Puritans Wanted to “purify,” clean up the Church of England. They were forced to leave England.

  40. Pilgrims People that left England for a new home and religious freedom in 1620. They are Puritans.

  41. Great Migration Pilgrims leaving England for religious freedom in the mid 1600’s

  42. Trade The job in which you do or exchanging goods.

  43. The Great Awakening A religious movement that swept through the colonies in the 1730’s and 1740’s

  44. Why is it important • Changed colonial religion • Affected social and political life • Drew people of diff’t regions, classes and races together • This is one of the few times people from diff’t colonies exchanged ideas • People were introduced to new ideas, colonies with less political freedom were introduced to more democratic systems

  45. Enlightenment A movement that took place during the 1700’s that spread the idea that reason and logic could improve society

  46. Why is it important • Ideas of the Enlightenment influenced colonial leaders • John Locke’s social contract theory – which stated there was a contract between gov’t and citizens • Also said people had natural rights such as equality and liberty

  47. King Phillip’s War A conflict that started in 1675 between the Wampanoag, led by Metacomet (also known as King Phillip) and colonists who wanted Indian lands. Ended in 1676, after 600 colonists and nearly 3,000 Indians had died

  48. Why is it important • Alliances developed among the colonists and certain Native groups, such as the Iroquois League, and they fought with the colonists against Metacomet.

  49. French and Indian War War fought between the French and their native allies and the English and their native allies over land in the Ohio River Valley

  50. Why is it important • England and the colonists won the war • Treaty of Paris was signed • Benjamin Franklin came up with the Albany Plan of Union • Tried to unite the colonies for the first time • Didn’t pass, local governments and peoples didn’t want to give up power

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