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Prelude to a Revolution
Friction between the colonies and Britain starts
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AIM/ do now AIM: What were the outcomes of the French revolution? How did the Enlightenment and Great Awakening change colonial society? Do Now: What were the outcomes of the French revolution A) For the French - B) For the Native Americans - C) For the Colonists - D) For Britain -
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Do Now Answer A) French were left with just a few Caribbean Islands. Gave up land in America. B) Native Americans were given the land west of the application mountains to the Mississippi river in the Proclamation act of Colonist did not honor this treaty and continued attacking Natives and taking land from them. Small Pox used as a weapon. C) The colonists began to move west, gained land in the North and the Florida territory (temporarily) D) The British had spent a lot of money on the war and needed the colonists to pay them back. They left more troops in the colonies and raised taxes .
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Meme of the Day
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Life in the colonies Before the French and Indian war England practices this salutary neglect - meant that England relaxed its enforcement of most regulations in return for the continued economic loyalty
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Colonies Emerge – Tray and answer all questions
1) What economic system had Britain set up the Colonies for? 2)What are the goals of this economic system? 3)What was the state of the colonial economy? 4)What were the cash crops in the South? 5)What was developing in the North? 6)What was the triangular slave trade? 7)Were the colonies benefiting from the slave trade? 8)What initial trade law did the British place on the colonies? 9)How did this law benefit the colonies? How did it harm the colonies? 1) Mercantilism 2) To export more than you import, To acquire gold. 3) Economy was booming 4) Tobacco, Indigo, Cotton, Rice 5)Port cities, ship building, fishing, timber 6)Guns to Africa, Slaves to the Americas “Middle Passage,” Cash Crops, Rum back to Europe 7) Yes! cheap labor, helped plantation society 8) Navigation acts 9) Limited the countries the colonies could trade with, tariffs were placed on colonies, Colonies were forced to buy English goods. BUT it gave them a monopoly on tobacco sales in Britain, it also helped with ship building business, increased trade, and it was easy to smuggle
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Enlightenment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZBs78WQuUc
Reason/Science > Faith/Religion John Locke 1) Humans are all born as a “Blank Slate” How does this go against the belief in a monarchy? 2) Inalienable Rights 1.Life 2. Liberty 3. Property Who is responsible for insuring these rights? 3) Freedom of a press
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Benjamin Franklin Enlightenment
With a partner research one of Benjamin Franklin’s scientific discoveries or inventions? -Report to the class on what effects this invention has had on our world today? With your partner explain how this excerpt from Franklin’s autobiography or the invention or scientific discovery you researched reflects the influence of the Enlightenment
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The Great Awakening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WYle3f3Lkk
Johnathan Edwards “When sinners hear of hell’s torments, they sometimes think with themselves: Well, if it shall come to that, … I will bear it as well I can … [but when they are in hell], they will not be able to keep alive any courage, any strength, any comfort, any hope at all.” Johnathan Edwards “ The Future Punishment of the Wicked” (1741) 1) What does this quotation say about the relationship of humans to God? 2) What was different about Edward’s beliefs and the old Puritan beliefs? 3) Do you think Edward’s beliefs strengthen or undermine authority? 4) How do Edward’s beliefs reflect the ideas of both the Great Awakening and the Enlightenment?
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Assessment Write a paragraph summarizing how the enlightenment, great awakening, colonial economy, and the French Indian War started to push the colonies towards independence.
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