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Reading Activity Independently read Slavery, African Traditions and Criticism of Slavery on page 106 Find a partner and discuss what you read Write the Main Idea “Slavery” in your notes Once you are finished, agree with a neighbor on the two (2) most important facts from the reading and write it in your notes
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Slavery
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Type I Writing Response Throughout the 1600-1700s, how might the people of the English colonies have become different than people living in England?
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Chapter 4: Colonies Grow Section 2: Government, Religion & Culture A new American Spirit develops! p. 108
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Trade
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Mercantilism Economic theory: as a nation’s trade grows, its gold reserves increase, and the nation becomes more powerful Trade = Gold = Power
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Navigation Acts (1651, 1673) Colonial merchants could only use English boats to import/export goods All products had to enter and leave English ports WHY?
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John Hancock #1 Smuggler
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Government
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Who could vote during Colonial times? Limited Government & Voting
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White males who owned property
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Colonial Rule (by 1700s) Charter Colony – People choose their own governor (approved by Britain) and representatives – CT, RI Proprietary Colony – Proprietor/s choose governor and “upper house”, people choose representatives from a “lower house.” – DE, MD, PA Royal Colony – King chooses governor. Governor appoints a council. People choose a “lower house.” – GA, MA, NH, NJ, NY, NC, SC, VA Which colony would you like to live in?
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Family Roles
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Colonial Mother Cooked Made butter and cheese Preserved food Spun yarn Tended chickens Had few rights Widows or unmarried women could run businesses and own property. Women could never VOTE!
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Colonial Father Formal head of the house hold Managed the farms and represented the family in the community
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Colonial Teenage Girl Young unmarried women often worked for wealthy families as maids, cooks, nurses and seamstresses.
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Colonial Teenage Boy Often served as apprentices Learning assistants Learned a skilled trade
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Education
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Enlightenment The idea that knowledge, reason, and science could improve society Literacy rates will rise
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Harvard College – The first college, 1636
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Religion
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Great Awakening Religious Revival – 1720s-1740s Jonathan Edwards leads a return to the strong faith of earlier years
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So... Education, Religion, Voting, Limited Government, Trade... What are the colonies starting to develop?? Extra Time? Work on your 13 colonies Map
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