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Friday: January 25, 2013

Friday: January 25, 2013. No PDN Objective: Every student will show understanding of the ideals founded in the colonies and their relevance to today by writing a summary . Agenda: 1. . 4. Section Assessment. Chapter 4. America’s Political Heritage. 4-1: The Colonial Experience.

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Friday: January 25, 2013

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  1. Friday: January 25, 2013 No PDN Objective: Every student will show understanding of the ideals founded in the colonies and their relevance to today by writing a summary. Agenda: 1. 4. Section Assessment

  2. Chapter 4 America’s Political Heritage

  3. 4-1: The Colonial Experience Main Idea: During the colonial period, Americans established traditions of freedom and self-government. legislatures freedom of religion freedom of the press voting

  4. A Voice in Government • Legislatures made the laws. • This group of men was elected by the colonists. • They choose men with similar views to represent the people and make laws good for them. Legislature May Say: “No tax increase.” Monarch may say: “Tax increase!”

  5. Some restrictions on legislatures: • Charters could be revoked by the king. • Royal governors watched the colonists for the king. • England was preoccupied with war with France.

  6. - American colonists were the only British colony that could vote. - white, a man, and had a certain amount of land - Colonists worked for the common good - Jury duty - local militia members - volunteer army - support education and literacy Citizenship in the Colonies

  7. Roots of Freedom • What are our basic rights? • Religious Freedom in the Colonies: • Puritans escaped from England • Roger Williams was not welcome in Massachusetts • Roger Williams founded Rhode Island • “A person could belong to any Christian church, such as Presbyterian or Anglican.

  8. Roots of Freedom • Freedom of the Press in the Colonies: • Colonists were jailed for criticizing the king or royal governors. • John Peter Zenger jailed for publicizing that the royal governor of NY was stealing. • His attorney Andrew Hamilton argued that he had printed the truth. • Zenger was freed. • How is freedom of the press different today?

  9. Signs of Discontent • England starts to tighten the reigns. • Taxed colonies to pay for war. • The colonists start to worry about what else England would try to do.

  10. Assessment: • Vocabulary Word Splash • Teach – OK! • The 4 rights that developed in the colonies. • Copy the main idea from 4-1 and write a summary for the section. • Complete the section assessment (all) • Homework: Read 4-2 and take notes.

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