Pre- Revolutionary Roots Presentation by: Alex Sims, Ashley Pendrak, and Olivia Hauge
Jan 17, 2016
Pre-Revolutionary Roots
Presentation by: Alex Sims, Ashley Pendrak, and Olivia Hauge
Table of Contents
• Overview of the Era
• Feminist Movement
• Native American Movement
• Antislavery Movement
• The First Steps of the U.S. Constitution
Overview of the Era: 1607-1760
• Dissent in England
• Settling in North America
• Unrest in the colonies
The Mayflower
A Start to the Feminist Movement
Colonies:
• Jamestown, Virginia• Women used to make generations
• Massachusetts Bay Colony, Massachusetts• Puritan way of life suppresses women
• Punishment utilized to keep them suppressed
• Runaway Women, various colonies• Mary Hampson shares her story to justify the actions of
runaways
Women in the colony of Jamestown Men exerting their supremacy in Massachusetts Bay Colony
The story of Mary Hampson as rewritten by Jessica L. Malay
Native American Movement
• Colonial Settlements• Jamestown
• Plymouth Colony
• Massachusetts Bay Colony
• Dissent and War• King Philip’s War
• Seven Years’ War
• Impact• Framework
The Jamestown Settlement
The Plymouth Colony
The Seven Years’ War
The Beginnings of the Antislavery Movement
• Religious Groups• Puritans
• Quakers
• Slaves’ Discontent • Letters
• Riots
• Outcome
The Quaker Antislavery Petition of 1688
The First Steps of the U.S. Constitution
• Corruption in Government
• The New York Weekly Journal• Criticism
• Censorship
• John Peter Zenger• Freedom of the Press
The New York Weekly Journal of
1733
The trial of John Peter Zenger
Further Considerations
• Pictures from• History.com
• Library of Congress Database
• NPS.gov
• People.ucsl.uchicago.edu
• Sup.org
• Helpful Resources• Digital History
• Encyclopedia of American Religious History, Third Edition
• National Park Service
Questions?