Day 1 Bellwork•List all 13 original colonies on your own.•Compare your list to the person next to you. Add/subtract colonies to complete your list.

Foundations of America

Week 1 - Colonialization

ExplorersHernando Cortes – fought Aztecs

Alonso Alvarez – mapping

Amerigo Vespucci

Ponce De Leon

Cabot

Christopher Columbus – Columbian exchange

brought 3 worlds together

European, American, African

good and bad

British Colonies•1607 – England reached North America•John Smith settled Jamestown•Joint-stock-companies owned settlement•Failed •Searching for gold before farming land•Tobacco farming saved Jamestown• Indentured servants (exchange boat ride for work)

•Colonists unhappy w/lack of representation in Virginia’s colonial legislature (House of Burgesses)

At this point, why is Virginia’s House of Burgesses important?

The Puritans•Puritans = Separatists•Pilgrims to America 1620•Founded Plymouth Colony (2nd English col.)•Mayflower Compact•Significant to American democracy

•Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1630•Plymouth and Mass. Colony joined together.

Native Americans•Friendly toward colonists at first•Fighting over land and religion•Feared end of their way of life•Resented colonists trying to convert them to Christianity•No hunting or fishing on Sundays•King Philips’ War (Metacom) – 2 years•Colonists won

The Middle Colonies

•Dutch – New York, New Jersey•Quakers – Pennsylvania, Delaware•Representative gov’t•Freedom of religion•Paid Indians for land•Equality, cooperation, and relig. tolerance

The Thirteen Colonies to the 1700’s

England and its Colonies, 1700’s•Colonies existed for England’s gain•The crown exercised more and more control over colonies government and economy•125 years to found the original 13 colonies that became the United States

Mercantilism and the Navigation Acts

•New economic system = mercantilism•A nation can increase its wealth and power by:•Finding gold and silver•Finding a good balance of trade•Sell more goods than bought

•1651, England to control more of colonies•Navigation Acts•No country could trade with the colonies unless the goods were shipped in either colonial or English ships.•All vessels had to be operated by crews that were at least three quarters English or colonial.•The colonies could export certain products, including tobacco and sugar only to England.•Almost all goods traded between the colonies and Europe first had to pass through an English port.

Governments•Colonies had similar governments•Governor appointed by king•Local assembly chosen by white landowners•Raise taxes•Create laws•Colonists paid the governor, not the king•Colonists controlled the governor

•What is significant about the colonial governments?

•What is significant about the colonial governments?•Colonists are developing a taste for self-government•Lead to rebellion

•Road to Revolution Foldable Activity

Day 2 Bellwork: Objective = Review

•Define (with the significance) the following terms in your own words based on what you learned yesterday.•Columbian Exchange• Indentured servant• Joint stock company•Mercantilism•Navigation Acts•Quakers

• Watch 18 min clip of “America. The Story of Us: Rebels”• Discuss anything new the students had not heard before.

Day 3 Bellwork

• What do you think the Great Awakening refers to?

• What do you think the Enlightenment refers to?

Objectives•Discuss how the growing tensions between England and the colonies led to a revolution and independence

•Explain how the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening influenced American thinking

Questions to Answer• In what ways did the Navigation Acts affect trade in the colonies?

• How did the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening affect the established order?

• What disagreements arose between Britain and the colonies in the 1700’s?

• Why did the colonies declare their independence?

17th CenturyTriangle trade

GoodsSlaves Middle Passage

•Commerce grows in the North• Increase trade = increase port cities• Immigrants attracted to America•Triangle trade• Increased wealth in colonies• Expand trade• Expand colonies

•English Parliament upset

•Glorious Revolution, 1688•When Mary and William claimed throne•Bloodless change of power• Swore to acceptance of English Bill of Rights• Influenced American gov’t

•Colonists got rid of corrupt Governor•Mary and William okayed RI and Conn’s gov’t•Gave new charter for Mass.•Restored colonist’s rights to elect assembly•Voters did not have to be Puritan church members• Freedom of worship

• Glorious Revolution• Suggested revolutions were okay sometimes• John Locke• Two Treaties of Government, 1690• Revolutions• Monarch’s right to rule came from people• People born with unalienable rights• Life, liberty, and property

• If ruler violated rights, people justified to rebel • American colonists sparked by Locke’s ideas• Thomas Jefferson used Locke’s words in Declaration of

Independence, 1776• Magna Carta – limit powers + protect rights• English Bill of Rights

• In what ways did the Navigation Acts affect trade in the colonies?

•How did the Glorious Revolution contribute to planting the seeds toward Revolution?

• In what ways did the Navigation Acts affect trade in the colonies?•Raw materials more expensive•Encouraged illegal activities like smuggling

•How did the Glorious Revolution contribute to planting the seeds toward American Revolution?•Suggested revolutions were okay•Belief in unalienable rights

• Two cultural movements affected colonists• Enlightenment and Great Awakening• Both challenge traditional authorities

• Enlightenment, 1600-1700, Europe• Human reason• Science• Both way of learning truth• Physical world + human nature worked together according

to natural laws• Use logic and reason

• John Locke• Essay on Human Understanding• people not born sinful•Minds blank slate• Society and education shaped people• All people have rights• Society can improve • All core beliefs in American society

• Jean Rousseau• The Social Contract• Gov’t formed by consent of people• people make own laws

•Baron Montesquieu• Spirit of the Laws, 1748•3 types of political power• Executive• Legislative• Judicial

•Powers should be separated into branches•Checks and balances•Prevent gov’t abuse of authority

• Influenced leaders of American Constitution

• The Great Awakening•Widespread resurgence of religious fervor• Peeked in 1740• Jonathan Edwards• George Whitefield• Churches split over pietism• Stressed individual devoutness• Baptist, Presbyterians, Methodists won members• Old traditional churches lost members

• In closing…• Both Enlightenment and Great Awakening• Different origins• Different directions

• Both• Emphasized individualism• Pushed colonists toward political independence

• Enlightenment• Supported arguments against British rule

• Great Awakening• Undermined allegiance to traditional authority• Intense, personal relationship with God

•How did the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening affect the established order?• It split churches into various factions• It reinforced the concept of individualism

Chapter 1 Quiz

• Get out a piece of paper• Number it 1-15• Turn your paper over when finished.