THE COLONIAL ERA Government, Religion, and Culture in the Colonies
Jan 18, 2016
THE COLONIAL ERA
Government, Religion, and Culture in the Colonies
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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”
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
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