US History

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US History

• Chapters 1-3

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Three Worlds Collide

• Who was here First?
• Native Americans
• Who Came next?
• Europeans
• Who did they bring with them?
• African Slaves

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Early Americans

• How did they get here?
• How did they live?
• Where did they live?
• Did they have a religion?
• Name some

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Early Americans

• Pilgrims
• Called Separatists in England
• Didnt want children growing up in current
  English atmosphere
• First moved to Holland to escape persecution
• Religious Freedom?
• Never got a Charter,
• First Thanksgiving cir. 1620

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Puritans

• Wanted to purify the Church of England of the
  Papal Influence
• Crossed in 1629
• Came to find Heavenly City on a hill to serve as
  a beacon for the rest of the world.
• Brought with the idea of each church runs itself,
  very democratic.
• Yet completely intolerant of other faiths
• Town Hall Meeting

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Strong Beliefs

• With out Strong How did they survive the Tests
  God sent?
• Weather
• Drought
• Poor Harvests
• Disease
• Indians
• Next Generations had an Easier Life
• Religious Beliefs declined
• Less dramatic religious stories

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Early Leaders

• Roger Williams
• Founder of Rhode Island
• Very tolerant society
• Worked with Indians
• Anne Hutchinson
• Began early feminist movement
• Was banished for questioning Church
• Because of s
• Went to Rhode Island

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Population

• By 1644, 30 yrs. population quadrupled.
• ½ Pop. Under 25 yrs. Old
• ½ Pop. Indentured servants
• Only 1/3 traveled with families.
• Death Rates Down, Life Span Up
• Marriage Age Down
• More time to create more . . .
• BABIES

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Colonial Economics and Demographics

• New England Colonies
• Small self-sufficient farms
• Boat Building, Shipping and Business Class
• Middle Colonies
• Mixture of both North and South
• Cooper,
• Southern Colonies
• Plantations of Tobacco, Rice, Lumber, Tar
• Gentlemen (Gentry) and Slave Culture

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Culture of Immigrants

• Rich Stay in England
• Poor Cant afford to go
• Middle Class
• Worked hard
• Wanted a representative government
• No entitlement

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BIG Changes

• Astronomy
• Copernicus - Sun not Earth
• Galileo Nor the Sun
• Science
• Newton - Apple Drops
• Bacon Asking Questions
• Government
• Locke Natural Laws
• Voltaire Civil Liberties
• "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend
  your right to say it."
• Random
• Franklin Lightning Rod, Bi-Focals, Gulf Stream,
  Fridge

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Steps to Revolution

• 1619 First Charter
• Right to Self Government
• Oceans Apart
• Had to fend for themselves
• Develop own strategies and policies
• No representation
• Great Awakening
• For or against, Common Experience

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Steps to Revolution 2

• 1754 1763 One War Two Names
• Between France and England
• Dispute over Colonial Trading Rights
• Seven Years War - Europe
• Fought in Philippines and India
• French and Indian War - America
• Fought in backyards
• Colonialists were fighting to gain land

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Steps to Revolution 3

• 1763 Peace of Paris Ends War
• Proclamation Line of 1763
• Line drawn down Appalachians Mts.
• Opposite of why settlers and farmers fought
• Shows the English views of Colonists
• Add insult to Injury
• War debt Taxes levied
• Sugar Act