BECOMING AMERICAN: MINI SLIDE SHOW

What did it mean to be English?  Limited Land  Limited Opportunity  Growing Population  Protestant - Church of England  Other Protestant Faiths less welcome (Puritans)  On-going and Growing Rivalry with France  Limited Monarch w/ Powerful Parliament  Still a strong aristocracy – upper class  Growing poor class

What Does It Mean to be an American?  Freedom  Individuality  Justice  Opportunity  Liberty  Equality  Make Money  Casual  Independent

RELIGIOUS – THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN PERSONAL AND PUBLIC LIFE ECONOMIC - HOW YOU MEET BASIC NEEDS – FOOD, CLOTHING,SHELTER, WEALTH POLITICAL- GOVERNMENT, POWER WHO MAKES THE DECISIONS? SOCIAL - HOW GROUPS OF PEOPLE ARE ORGANIZED – RACE, CLASS, REGION ETC. Four Ways to Look at This

RELIGIOUS New England Mass: Puritans Rhode Island: Quakers Middle Colonies Penn:Quakers Penn: Mennonites Md: Catholics South Carolinas: Huegonots Everywhere: Church of England Georgia: Varies

ECONOMIC New England Fishing Logging Ship Building Trade Small Farms Diversified Economy Middle Colonies Grain Belt Great Trade Location Rivers/Bays Great SOil South Single Crop Economy Trade with England Slave Labor

ECONOMIC New England Fishing Logging Ship Building Trade Small Farms Diversified Economy Middle Colonies Grain Belt Great Trade Location Rivers/Bays Great SOil South Single Crop Economy Trade with England Slave Labor

SOCIAL New England Community We not Me Family Based Equality Merchant Elite More Urban Middle Colonies Religious and Social Tolerance Indians Treated well Smaller Families Frequent Remarriage South Planter Elite Poor White Farmers Slavery Rural

INCREASED RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY FROM THE MEETING HOUSE TO THE COUNTING HOUSE 2 ND GENERATION PILGRIMS LOOSEN PURITAN VALUES –MAKE $ THEN THE GREAT AWAKENING!! ( AN ATTEMPT TO GO BACK TO THE OLD WAYS BUT REALLY BASED ON INDIVIDUALITY, FREEDOM, EQUALITY RELIGIOUS CHANGES

GET OVER THE SURVIVAL STAGE GROWTH!! ALL AROUND AVAILABILITY OF LAND PROMOTES WEALTH SLAVE CULTURE STRONGER SOUTH HAS CLOSE TIES WITH ENGLAND ECONOMIC CHANGES

ALL COLONIES VALUE LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT AMERICANS TURNED ON TO ENLIGHTENMENT IDEAS – NATURAL RIGHTS (LIFE,LIBERTY, PROPERTY), CONSENT OF GOVERNED, RIGHT TO REBEL, THINK FOR YOURSELF) SOUTH MORE COOPERATIVE WITH ROYAL GOVERNORS POLITICAL CHANGES

NO ARISTOCRACY DEVELOPS IN AMERICA THERE ARE NO EXTREMES – RICH OR POOR AMERICA IS EQUALIZING MORE FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT AND THOUGHT WOMEN HAVE MORE FREEDOM IN AMERICA THAN ENGLAND SLAVE CULTURE STRENGTHENS SOCIAL CHANGES