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Unit 1: Lecture 1 (Chapter 1) The Colonial Period

From Colony to Country. Unit 1: Lecture 1 (Chapter 1) The Colonial Period. Who were the first people to live in North America?. Nomadic Tribes Land Bridge Paleo Indians. Who Discovered America?. Many cultures claimed to have discovered America who is telling the truth?.

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Unit 1: Lecture 1 (Chapter 1) The Colonial Period

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  1. From Colony to Country Unit 1: Lecture 1 (Chapter 1)The Colonial Period

  2. Who were the first people to live in North America? • Nomadic Tribes • Land Bridge • Paleo Indians

  3. Who Discovered America? • Many cultures claimed to have discovered America who is telling the truth?

  4. What was life like being an Explorer? • Famous Explorers • Ferdinand Magellan • Christopher Columbus • Amerigo Vespucci • Juan Ponce De Leon • John Smith • Hernando De Soto • Henry Hudson • No Guts, No Glory

  5. Why did People Come to the Colonies? • Explorers seeking fame & Fortune • Freedom from Religious Persecution • Entrepreneurial Spirit

  6. Who were the Colonists?

  7. Who were the Puritans? • 1500s Church of England • Separatists=Pilgrims • The Virginia Company • Jamestown 1607 • Mayflower 1620 • The May Flower Compact • 1630 The Puritans

  8. What is a colony? • A Colony is land that has been conquered and is now under the control by another country.

  9. What Sequence of Events led the Europeans settling in North America? • Colonial Period: • America “discovered” by Europeans 1400s. • European Explorers 1400-1600s • European Settlers or “Colonists” arrived in 1620 (Jamestown) • English Settlers kept coming throughout 1600s into 1700s. • Age of Independence • Conflict between Colonists and the Crown 1760s • American Revolution 1775-1781 • Constitution ratified 1788 • Bill of Rights 1791

  10. How did 13 Colonies become 1 Country? • Long Term Causes: • Enlightenment • Protestant Reformation/Great Awakening • French and Indian War (7 Years war)

  11. What was the Enlightenment? • New ideas about the world that used human reason and logic. • Had common people asking questions about authority and their place in the world.

  12. Unit 1: Lecture 1 LRQs • Who Discovered America? • Why did People come to America? • Why did the Puritans migrate to New England? • What was the Enlightenment?

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