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26. 27. Page 27. Lesson 9. Our Colonial Experience. Lesson 9: Our Colonial Experience. R. 27. L EARNING T ARGET:. I can identify the rights that colonists expected as English subjects (citizens) living in the American colonies. Lesson 9: Our Colonial Experience. L 26.

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  2. Page 27 Lesson 9 Our Colonial Experience

  3. Lesson 9: Our Colonial Experience R 27 LEARNING TARGET: • I can identify the rights that colonists expected as English subjects (citizens) living in the American colonies.

  4. Lesson 9: Our Colonial Experience L 26 A Glimpse at the Past “For all English liberties are restored to them: No Persons shall have a Penny of their Estates taken from them; nor any Laws imposed on them, without their own Consent by Representatives chosen by themselves.” Increase Mather The Last American Puritan Which rights (liberties) does Mather say are now restored to the English?

  5. Lesson 9: Our Colonial Experience R 27 VOCAB KEY POINTS English colonists expected their government to preserve their basic rights as English subjects (citizens). • Property could not be seized without reason • Taxes could not be levied without representation • Trial by jury • The power to elect representatives to government (Parliament) Key Vocabulary to add to Flashcard List (17) • salutary neglect

  6. Lesson 9: Our Colonial Experience L 26 PERSONAL READING NOTES Create a T-Chart. Read Page 128 “Shared Power in the Colonies” through Page 129 “The Zenger Trial”. Complete your own reading notes on each heading. Shared Power Zenger Trial

  7. Lesson 9: Our Colonial Experience R 27 What’s Been Happening in the Colonies? SALUTARY NEGLECT The policy of weakly enforcing laws that England used in ruling the American colonies for much of the late 1600s and early 1700s CLASS NOTES Salutary Neglect Colonial Assemblies 1689 Zenger Trial Parliament passed many laws regulating trade (the Navigation Acts) and the use of money but governors rarely enforced these laws. The colonists got used to acting on their own.

  8. Lesson 9: Our Colonial Experience What’s Been Happening in the Colonies? CLASS NOTES Salutary Neglect Colonial Assemblies 1689 Zenger Trial Parliament passed many laws regulating trade (the Navigation Acts) and the use of money but governors rarely enforced these laws. Town Meetings Citizens met to discuss issues The idea that common folks, ordinary people, can participate in government Shared Power The colonists got used to acting on their own.

  9. Lesson 9: Our Colonial Experience L 26 On the LEFT side of your T-Chart under Shared Power Royal Governor Colonial Assembly Appointed by the king Elected by eligible colonists Made laws Had final approval on laws Had authority to tax Oversaw colonial trade Paid governor’s salary Could dismiss colonial assembly

  10. Lesson 9: Our Colonial Experience What’s Been Happening in the Colonies? CLASS NOTES Salutary Neglect Colonial Assemblies 1689 Zenger Trial Parliament passed many laws regulating trade (the Navigation Acts) and the use of money but governors rarely enforced these laws. Town Meetings Helped establish freedom of the press for the colonists Who was Zenger? Why was he on trial? Citizens met to discuss issues The idea that common folks, ordinary people, can participate in government In other words, the colonists have the right to criticize the government. Shared Power Each had different, opposing roles. For example, the governor could strike down laws passed by the assembly BUT the assembly could refuse to pay him. (power of the purse) The colonists got used to acting on their own.

  11. Lesson 9: Our Colonial Experience Our Colonial Experience • Salutary Neglect • _______________ passed many laws regulating trade (i.e. the Navigation Acts) and the use of money BUT _____________________ rarely enforced them • __________ got used to acting on their own behalf • Colonial Assemblies • Colonists used __________________ • Citizens met to _______________ • Developed the idea that _____________ can participate in government • Shared Power • __________________ and the ________________ each had different, opposing powers • Zenger Trial • Helped to establish __________________ for colonists • Allowed _________ of the government Parliament Royal Governors Colonists Town Meetings discuss issues common folks Colonial Assemblies Royal Governors freedom of the press criticism

  12. Lesson 9: Our Colonial Experience SEPARATE COLONIES L 26 COMMON IDENTITY VISUAL SUMMARY Early American Culture • English colonists shared certain values, such as land ownership and hard work. • English colonists became accustomed to acting on their own. Roots of Representative Government • “Social contract theory” explained for many Englishmen where the English government received its power. • English colonists expected the right to elect representatives to government and other political rights that had developed in England over centuries.

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