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Ch. 4 Sec. 1-2

Ch. 4 Sec. 1-2. Pg. 112 – 121 ONLY WRITE THE BLACK!. Ch. 4 sec. 1-2 Pg. 112-121. 13 Colonies Southern Colonies Farming/Plantation lifestyle. Indentured Servants – people who had to work for 4-7 years to pay off their debt when traveling to America. Slave Codes – laws to control slaves.

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Ch. 4 Sec. 1-2

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  1. Ch. 4 Sec. 1-2 Pg. 112 – 121 ONLY WRITE THE BLACK!

  2. Ch. 4 sec. 1-2 Pg. 112-121 13 Colonies • Southern Colonies • Farming/Plantation lifestyle. • Indentured Servants – people who had to work for 4-7 years to pay off their debt when traveling to America. • Slave Codes – laws to control slaves. • Could not hold meetings, carry weapons, etc. • North Colonies • Fishing, Merchants, Shipbuilding, Skilled Craftspeople • Religious groups play big role in society. • Pilgrims, Puritans, etc. • Public and Higher Education become common culture.

  3. Ch. 4 sec. 1-2 Pg. 112-121 French and Indian War • Tensions reach a breaking point between colonists and Native Americans. • France and Great Britain had been battling for control of North America. • This battle continued into trades with Native Americans. • Great Britain + American Colonists vs. Native Americans + French • Natives trusted the French more than the British. • Great Britain will win this war. • Beginning of issues between Colonists and Great Britain

  4. Ch. 4 sec. 1-2 Pg. 112-121 Great Britain Raises Taxes • Britain had to pay for their wars. • It was expensive to fight in American and defend the colonies. • Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Tea Act • Boston Tea Party – Colonist snuck onto ships and dumped all the tea overboard. • Intolerable Acts & Quartering Acts • Colonist were extremely angry!

  5. Ch. 4 sec. 1-2 Pg. 112-121 First Continental Congress • Colonists have finally been pushed past their breaking point. • Representatives from every colony (except Georgia) met to discuss their anger with G.B. • Half thought violence was the only answer, others thought we could still find a compromise. • Declaration of Rights • List of 10 resolutions that was sent to King George III • Colonists did not want to separate from G.B. • Patriots – colonists who chose to fight against G.B.

  6. Ch. 4 sec. 1-2 Pg. 112-121 Beginning of the War • Paul Revere • Colonists feared G.B. would make a military advancement. • Paul Revere was a lookout, he was responsible for alerting Colonists of G.B.’s advancing army. • Minutemen – local militia fighters, could be ready to fight in a minute. • Lexington & Concord • Minutemen vs. British troops. • G.B. wanted to seize military weapons. • First shots of the war.

  7. Ch. 4 sec. 1-2 Pg. 112-121 Second Continental Congress • Continental Army is established • George Washington is named commander of the army. Thomas Paine • Author of Common Sense • Argued that citizens should make laws, not kings or queens.

  8. Ch. 4 sec. 1-2 Pg. 112-121 Declaration of Independence (July 4th, 1776) • Declared the colonies independence from G.B. • Thomas Jefferson – Main author of the declaration. • “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” • Women, African Americans, and Native Americans were left out of declaration. • Loyalist – colonists who chose to side with G.B. • Many fled the colonies.

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