The Colonies, Independence, & Creating a New Nation

1. The Colonies, Independence, & Creating a New Nation Chapters 1, 2, & 3

2. MAP GAME • http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/unitedstates.html

4. What started it all ?????? • The Renaissance • Was an Intellectual movement focusing on revival /thought • Quickly lead to new scientific / technological changes • Questioned everything • Explore the World

5. Causes of English settlement in America • Religious Persecution • Henry VIII broke from the Catholic church and created the Anglican Church – “Protestant” • Began persecuting none Anglicans • Caused none Anglicans to flee to America • where they could worship as they wished

6. Causes of English settlement in America • Economic Changes • The land owning Nobles kicked the farmers off their lands to raise SHEEP for WOOL = $$$ • Left thousands of farmers homeless • Caused Farmers to flee to America • Where they could farm freely

7. Causes of English settlement in America • Rivalry with Spain • The Spanish had been colonizing the Americas for many years • Became very rich • Had the superior navy

8. Colony • Is a group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere

9. The Colonies • The Chesapeake Colonies • Jamestown • Created by = The Virginia Company • Unprepared & Unskilled: hunters / farmers / fishermen • Tobacco Saved them • http://www.history.com/topics/exploration-of-north-america/videos#life-in-jamestown • http://www.history.com/topics/exploration-of-north-america/videos#death-at-jamestown • Maryland • Created by = Lord Baltimore • Purpose – place for Catholics to practice religion freely

10. The Colonies • The New England Colonies • Plymouth (Plymouth Rock) • Created by = The Pilgrims • Wanted to reform / clean up the Anglican church • Thanksgiving • Massachusetts Bay • Created by = John Winthrop • Colony for Puritan refuges • Boston

11. The Colonies • The Dutch Colonies • New York • Created by = The Duke of York • Tried to find a river that flowed through North America • Henry Hudson • Pennsylvania • Created by = William Penn • Believed in religious tolerance • Very diverse European colony

12. The Colonies • The Carolina Colonies • Carolina – Latin for “Charles” • Created by = King Charles II • Land was a gift to some of his friends • North Carolina = small farming • South Carolina = port cities • Georgia Colonies • Created for = English Prisoners • Became a buffer between: Seminole Indians Spanish

13. Where there colonies prior to Jamestown? • The Mystery of Roanoke • http://www.history.com/topics/exploration-of-north-america/videos#mystery-roanoke • What are your thoughts???

14. Mercantilism • Is an economic theory saying: “A countries power depends on it wealth” • To do this: • A country must sell more than it buys • A country must become self-sufficient

15. Triangle Trade • http://www.mentormob.com/learn/i/age-of-exploration-15/assignment-discovery-triangular-trade-video-discovery-channel

16. America The Story of US—Rebels • http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=america+the+story+of+us+episode+1&qs=n&form=QBVR&pq=america+the+story+of+us+episode+1&sc=8-24&sp=-1&sk=#view=detail&mid=CB2F44181F42B667A3C0CB2F44181F42B667A3C0

17. From the Renaissance • Enlightenment • Theory that natural law applied to social, political, and economic relationships and that people could figure out these natural laws if they use reason. • Great Awakening • Theory that stressed individual devotion / union with god. • Helped revitalized the colonists faith • Both had a huge impact on colonial society

18. Move to Independence • Proclamation of 1763 – ended the French and Indian War • Created war dept in England • Stamp Act – taxation of the use of stamps on the colonists • Quartering Act – required colonists to house British troops • Declaratory Act – taxed the colonists for everything • Townshend Act – Required colonists to carry British receipt on purchases Boston Massacre – “No taxation without representation” • Tea Act – Only allowed colonists to buy one brand of tea • East Indian Tea Boston Tea Party – colonists destroyed 342 chests of tea • Intolerable Act – Restricted colonists civil rights

19. Colonists Unify • 1st Continental Congress • Founding fathers wanted to establish a political body to represent American interests in the colonies/challenge the British • Formed a Militia • American Revolution Begins • English “loyalists” vs. Colonists “Patriots” • First Battle – Lexington & Concord • 2nd Continental Congress • Founding fathers decided to part ways with the British • Wrote the Declaration of Independence

21. Colonists vs. British

22. The Revolution • The North • British troops take Boston – Capital • Washington “crossed the Delaware” • Took Trenton • Valley Forge – Low point • 2,500 men die • Washington wins @ Saratoga • Wins the North • French decide to join forces

23. The Revolution • The South • British took Savannah • British took Charleston • Biggest city in south • The Battle of Kings Mountain • Turning point for Colonists • Pushed Cornwallis back to Yorktown • Yorktown • Colonists/French surround Cornwallis • Britain surrenders on October 19, 1781 • Treaty of Paris

24. America The Story of US--Revolution • http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=america+the+story+of+us+episode+2&qs=n&form=QBVR&pq=america+the+story+of+us+episode+2&sc=8-33&sp=-1&sk=#view=detail&mid=17DC4B25AE1551C001B517DC4B25AE1551C001B5

26. American • Republic: • Is a form of government in which powers resides with a body of citizens entitled to a vote • The Articles of Confederation • 1st Constitution in the United states • Created: a friendship among the states a one house congress an army Created the Northwest land Ordinance of 1785

27. Northwest Land Ordinance • Was a system of surveying and selling lands in the western lands • Achievements: • Laid the basis for organizing new territorial governments • Set up a method of admitting new states into the Union • Outlawed slavery

30. Constitutional Convention • Founding Fathers • Need to revise the Articles – Couldn’t • Threw them out & Began drafting a New Constitution • Need to create a Constitution that all the states could agree on

31. 1) The Great Compromise

32. 2) Three – Fifths Compromise

33. Power Compromise