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The Founding of Our Nation: Part One

Explore the impact of the Enlightenment and Great Awakening on colonial thinking, alongside economic differences between Northern and Southern colonies. Understand how these movements prompted questioning of authority and influenced political thought. Discover the roots of the Enlightenment and the role of scientific methods, as well as the challenges posed by the Great Awakening to established churches. Consider the evolving political landscape in the American colonies and the shift towards a reimagined society.

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The Founding of Our Nation: Part One

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  1. The Founding of Our Nation: Part One The Enlightenment and The Great Awakening C.C. Standards 11.1.1 & 11.3.2

  2. Pre Lesson Focus:During the lesson answer these questions • How did the economies of the Southern and Northern colonies differ? • In what ways did the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening affect the thinking of the colonists? • What did both the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening teach colonists to question?

  3. The Establishing of the 13 Colonies • 1607: The English settle at Jamestown • Tobacco becomes cash crop in Virginia • Requires a lot of labor • Question: What does this eventually lead to? • Clashes with Native Americans

  4. Who formed the colonies? • Economic opportunity – English, Dutch, and Swedes • Religious persecution, political repression, and dismal economic conditions (Quakers, Puritans, and Catholics)

  5. New England Colonies: • New Hampshire • Massachusetts • Rhode Island • Connecticut

  6. Middle Colonies: • New York • New Jersey • Pennsylvania • Delaware

  7. Southern Colonies: • Maryland • Virginia • North Carolina • South Carolina • Georgia

  8. The Proclamation Line of 1763

  9. What is the purpose of colonies? • Supply their ruling country with raw materials they do not have. • Example: 13 English Colonies of the 1700s • Text, pg. 29 • In return for these raw materials, the colonies would receive manufactured goods from England such as textiles.

  10. The Colonies Come of Age Even though both Northern and Southern colonies prospered, many colonists began to question British authority.

  11. Southern Economy:Triangular Trade • Plantations required cheap labor = Slaves • Self-sufficient plantations • Immigrants from Europe • Women & Minorities = very few rights

  12. Northern Economy: Commerce & Trade • Wheat, Fishing, Lumber & Shipbuilding • Philadelphia: 2nd Largest British port • More European immigrants • Women & Minorities = very few rights

  13. The Enlightenment • Definition: An intellectual movement of reason and scientific methods • Roots in the Renaissance • Fiercely resisted due to contradictions to religious teachings • Spread quickly in the colonies due to high literacy rates. • Question: Why was there high literacy rates in the colonies?

  14. The principle of the Enlightenment:Question Authority • To arrive at truths follow this recipe: • Use science and logic • Don’t listen to the Church • In politics: • Humans have natural rights that the government must respect (John Locke & Thomas Jefferson) • Question those who govern you • What country was governing the colonies at this time? What kind of leader did they have?

  15. The First Great Awakening • When: 1730s-1740s • Who: Puritans and their moral society • Definition: A series of religious revivals aimed at restoring the intensity and dedication of the early Puritan church. • Key Player: Jonathan Edwards

  16. The Effects of The Great Awakening • Challenged the authority of established churches • Challenged church authority Key: Question those who are in charge!!!

  17. Review Time • Turn to your neighbor and discuss the following: • How did the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening differ? • How were they the same?

  18. Post Lecture Question #1 • What effect did the Enlightenment have on political thought in the colonies? • Colonial leaders began extending voting rights to all citizens. • The First Continental Congress determined a need for a federal bill of rights. • Colonial leaders began advocating the adoption of a state-supported church. • Colonists began to question the authority of the British monarchy.

  19. Post Lecture Question #1 • What effect did the Enlightenmenthave on political thought in the colonies? • Colonial leaders began extending voting rights to all citizens. • The First Continental Congress determined a need for a federal bill of rights. • Colonial leaders began advocating the adoption of a state-supported church. • Colonists began to question the authority of the British monarchy.

  20. Post Lecture Question #2 • The First Great Awakening of the 1730s and 1740s was primarily a • Movement to increase colonial loyalty to the British monarchy. • Revival of evangelical religion that spread through the colonies. • Process of assimilating immigrants into colonial American culture. • Period of economic prosperity brought about by colonial trade.

  21. Post Lecture Question #2 • The First Great Awakening of the 1730s and 1740s was primarily a • Movement to increase colonial loyalty to the British monarchy. • Revival of evangelical religion that spread through the colonies. • Process of assimilating immigrants into colonial American culture. • Period of economic prosperity brought about by colonial trade.

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