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COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY
AMERICA (Ch 2)
Classroom Talk
• Would you follow your parents’ rules if
they were out of town?
British Colony
• COLONY: A group of people ruled by the
government of another country.
– Colonists began to develop their own laws.
Salutary
Neglect:
BR let their
colonies
mostly run
themselves
“The sun never
sets on the
British Empire”
Religious Freedom
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Puritans settle in Massachusetts
Quakers settle in Pennsylvania
Catholics settle in Maryland
Rhode Island was the first place to welcome
people of all faiths
House of Burgesses
• Colonists arrived in Jamestown in 1607.
• First gov’t in the colonies –
REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY
Mayflower Compact
• Written by the Pilgrims in 1620.
• The 41 men signed the COMPACT, or
agreement, saying the government would
make “just and equal laws”.
• Established DIRECT DEMOCRACY
in the colonies.
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Colonial Governments
• By 1733, all 13 colonies had established a
government.
– All had their own governor and a legislature
• Colonists began to grow apart
from England.
• In the mid-1700’s, England
decided to strengthen its control.
Taxation Timeline
• Write-To-Learn Question:
– Make a list of reasons why people rebel. Think of
as many reasons as you can. Do not give real
world examples of rebellion, but instead focus on
the ideas and emotions that trigger rebellion
– You will turn this in at the end of the block!
Reflection Write-To-Learn
1. What reasons for rebellion (from your list)
are applicable to the American Colonists?
– Use the same paper as your list.
2. What other emotions or philosophical ideas
were the driving force behind the Colonists’
rebellion?
Declaration of Independence
• Thomas Jefferson wrote the document
• He used the ideas of European philosophers
Jean-Jacques Rousseau and John Locke
– Rousseau believed that all men are created equal
and in a social contract between men to keep
order in society
– John Locke believed that citizens had
natural born rights of life liberty
and property
• “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men
are created equal, that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among
these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
Write-To-Learn
• Read the Simplified Version of the Declaration
of Independence.
• Choose 5 sentences that embody the message
of the entire document.
• Highlight/Underline these sentences and be
prepared to share your choices.
Revolutionary America
• Thomas Paine – Common Sense
• Convinced colonists to separate
• Revolutionary propaganda – ideas spread
deliberately to help a cause
• Loyalists – support king
• Patriots – favored separation
British War Strategy
• Separate the New England states
– Had well led troops, well equipped & well
trained
– Plenty of money
– Large navy
– Had to wait for supplies
– War was unpopular in England
Patriots War Strategy
• Defending their homes
– No navy
– Little experience, not equipped
– Well led – General George Washington
– No clothing/uniforms/food
– Used surprise attacks & ambushes
• Learned from the Native Americans
European Aid
• France helps Colonists
– “My enemy’s enemy is my friend”
• Spain fights against BR in Europe
– Spanish Armada
• German mercenaries help British
– Aka Hessians
Revolutionary War – Main Battles
• Bunker Hill: BR victory but very tough battle
• Trenton: Washington crosses Delaware Riv.
and surprises BR
– 1st Am. Victory
• Saratoga: Am. forces surround BR and force
them to surrender
• Valley Forge: tough winter on Am. troops
• Yorktown: BR General Cornwallis
surrenders to Am. & FR
– Ends the Am. Rev.