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THE COLONIAL ERA Government, Religion, and Culture in the Colonies.

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Page 1: THE COLONIAL ERA Government, Religion, and Culture in the Colonies.

THE COLONIAL ERA

Government, Religion, and Culture in the Colonies

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English Colonial Rule

Magna Carta- 1215 document that English king signed that gave people protection against unjust treatment or punishment

English Bill of Rights – guaranteed basic rights to all citizens

The colonist were beginning to seethemselves as something other than Englishmen

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England saw America as an economic resource

Mercantilism – an economic theory that says the more gold and money a country has, the more power it has

Navigation Acts – made sure that only England would benefit from the colonies

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Colonial Trade

Colonial trade Transatlantic Trade – the routes traders crossed from

Europe to America to Africa and back Traded sugar, molasses, rum, and slaves Middle Passage – the part of the journey that shipped

slaves to the west

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Colonial Government

Colonies believed that the gov’t should not be all powerful – representative gov’t, limited gov’t

Voting – white men who owned property ONLY

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An Emerging American Culture

Family Roles Family was the foundation of society Mothers and fathers cared for their children Women worked very hard Men were the heads of the household

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Education – Colonial Era

Children were taught to read and write at home

School systems were set up by PuritansEarly colleges were to train

ministers(PREACHERS) – Harvard University first in 1636

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The Enlightenment

A movement that began in Europe that spread the idea that knowledge, reason, and science could improve society Galileo Isaac Newton Benjamin Franklin

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British and French Rivalry in the New World

Conflict in the Ohio River ValleyGeorge Washington!!Before 1763 – colonies grew and were left

alone by the British “SALUTARY NEGLECT”

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The French and Indian War

part of a long struggle for territory and power between the British and the French

War was declared throughout the worldIndians fought on the side of the FrenchWashington became a hero French & Indian VS British & Colonist

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Trouble on the Frontier

Proclamation of 1763 – to help stop the fighting between the Indians and the colonists, King George III declared that the Appalachian mountains were the boundary line for the colonists