1. Issues in United States History & Government Weekly Theme: Colonial America + Causes of American Revolution
Plan for the Theme No. 1
Day 1: Colonial America and Causes of the American Revolution Notes and Essential Questions
Day 2: Current Event that Relates to Weekly Theme
Day 3: Application of Curriculum
Day 4: Regents Examples on Weekly Theme
Day 5: Assessment (Multiple Choice+Essay)

4. Colonial Economy Mercantile System
Countries create colonies so they have a source of raw materials and a place to sell finished goods
You grow the ingredients for a cake but have no oven
I bake the cake and sell it to you for more money

5. Furniture, Clothing, Tea, Cigarettes, Candy, and other finished goods
Great Britain
American Colonies
Lumber, Fur, Tabaco, Cotton, Rice, Naval supplies, etc…

7. Salutary Neglect
England followed a policy of ignoring the colonies, letting them rule themselves.
England followed this policy up until the French and Indian war.
This allowed the American Colonists to gain a sense of INDEPENDENCE

8. Why did people come to the colonies?
Religious Reasons- to escape persecution and find religious freedom
-Pennsylvania and Maryland were found with the idea that people should have religious freedom
Economic reasons- to find a better life than in Europe
Political Reasons- to escape persecution for their political beliefs

9. House of Burgesses
1619: Virginia colonists created a Representative government.
Colonists choose people to represent them and make decisions.

10. Mayflower Compact
Agreement signed at Plymouth Rock whereby the Pilgrims consented to be ruled by government they created
This represents a step towards the idea of self-government

11. Causes of the Revolutionary War

12. Death and Taxes
After the French and Indian War (Seven Years War) the British had war debts
To pay for war debts the British began to tax the colonists
OH NO YOU DIDN’T!!!!

13. Opposition to taxes The colonists first complained about taxes
Gradually they became more angry and refused to pay taxes
They organized boycotts

14. Townsend Act 1767 tax on imports of glass, paint, paper, and tea
New York Legislature was suspended until it agreed to quarter British soldiers
Boycotted British goods causing the Boston Massacre and Boston Tea Party

15. Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of five men by British soldiers on March 5, 1770.

16. Boston Tea Party December 16, 1774
In protest of the tea act
50 individuals dressed as Indians
boarded three vessels docked in the harbor and threw 90,000 pounds of tea into the water

17. Coercive Acts
closing of the port of Boston until the East India Tea Company received payment for the tea dumped into the harbor.
The Royal Governor took control over the Massachusetts government and would appoint all officials.
British took the right to quarter soldiers anywhere in the Colonies.

18. Common Sense
Thomas Paine wrote a pamphlet which blamed the King for the problems not the colonists

19. Drafting the declaration of Independence by JLG Ferris

20. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
PURPOSE- justify independence from England
IDEAS all people have natural rights
2- governments get power from the consent of governed
3- when government doesn’t do its job people have the right to alter or abolish it
“NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!”

21. ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
Went into effect in 1781
Did not want to replace king with another strong central government
Each state gave little power to central government, keeping most of the power themselves
NO MORE KING!!!

22. Achievements of Confederation
1. Won American Revolution
2. Negotiated Treaty of Paris
3. Passed Land Ordinance of 1785
-Northwest Ordinance 1787
a- establish how new states join
union
b- prohibited slavery in
Northwest

25. WEAKNESS OF ARTICLES Central government was WEAK.
Government couldn’t deal with economic problems new nation faced.
For example: Each state would have its own currency (Money)!!!