Week 2 Homework The Road to Revolution

DO NOT COPY THIS SLIDE Students will be able to by the end of this ppt 1.Explain the reasons why the colonies grew apart from mother country 2.Describe the traits of what it meant to be an American in the 1700s 3.Analyze the impact of the French and Indian War on American independence

The Road to Revolution There were several overarching things happening between England the 13 colonies which happened over the course of a hundred years 1.Mercantilism 2.Enlightenment thought 3.Salutary Neglect 4.Self government We shall refer to these as a MESS

MESS: Mercantilism The British saw the colonies as a way to get rich. Colonies were to be their way to wealth 1.Colonies must provide natural resources cheaply to the Mother country 2.The colonies are a market and must buy British Manufactured goods. Colonies must follow navigation acts which make it a crime to trade with other European nations A lot of colonists resort to illegal smuggling

Mercantilism Diagram

Triangle Trade Triangle Trade Routes favor Britain and are a part of mercantilism

MESS: Enlightenment Thought Besides trade ideas also travel to the new world. New thoughts on king are called enlightenment 1.John Locke: People have natural rights (Life liberty, property) 2.Jean Jacques Rousseau: Kings have social contract with people to protect their rights. 3.Baron de Montesquieu: power should be balanced between three branches. These ideas influence colonist thought and make them question their relationship with the king

MESS: Salutary Neglect For over a hundred years the King was only concerned with making money off the colonies.. As a result… 1.He let them make their own gov’t 2.He didn’t enforce certain rules 3.He allowed colonists greater freedoms This period is known as salutary neglect…

MESS: Self Government The colonists were practicing democracy in many ways… 1.New England Town meetings 2.Virginia House of Burgesses These practices became a selling point and part of the colonist’s identity

Treatment of Natives From the beginning of British colonization Native American were losing land. 1.British colonists are farmers who want land 2.French colonists were traders who only wanted to use land Natives fought back numerous times 1.King Phillips war (Puritans kill pequot tribe) 2.Natives begin to align themselves with the French

French and Indian War France and Britain began to compete over the backcountry 1.Native American tribes took sides. 2.American Colonists fought with the British 3.George Washington fought in the British army.