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New England colonies RELIGION: MOSTLY PURITAN (STRICTLY)
EXCEPTION- RHODE ISLAND ROGERS WILLIAMS AND ANNE HUTCHINSON ECONOMY: EXPORTS, SHIPBUILDING, WHALING DIVERSITY: LACKING CULTURE: PEQUOT WAR, KING PHILIPS WAR, HAD SLAVES
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MIDDLE COLONIES RELIGION:FREEDOM PENNSYLVANIA- QUAKERS (WILLIAM PENN)
SIMPLE LIVING, ABOLITIONIST ECONOMY: “BREADBASKET” COLONIES, IRON ORE CULTURE: EXTREMELY DIVERSE! HAD SLAVES, POSITIVE RELATIONS WITH NATIVES TURNED BAD (LAND)
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SOUTHERN COLONIES RELIGION: FREEDOM PREDOMINANTLY BAPTIST AND ANGLICAN GEORGIA- NO CATHOLICISM ALSO NO SLAVERY INITIALLY (OGLETHORPE) SAFE HAVEN FOR DEBTORS LAST COLONY- ESTABLISHED TO DEFEND AGAINST SPANISH ECONOMY: PLANTATIONS!!! AGRICULTURE BASED ON SLAVERY- CASH CROPS CULTURE: BACON’S REBELLION, SLAVERY DIVISION OF CAROLINA (NORTH AND SOUTH)
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Dissenters Roger Williams Puritan in Massachusetts Bay
Disagreed with leadership Believed colonists needed to pay Natives for their land Forced out of Massachusetts Bought land from Narragansett Tribe Established Providence (God’s guidance) Rhode Island First colony to welcome all religions/nationalities
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Dissenters Anne Hutchinson
Also disagreed with leadership in Massachusetts Bay Led Church meetings in her home Women were supposed to keep quiet and take care of children Taught you could pray to God without a preacher Forced out of Massachusetts Bay Purchased land to found Portsmouth ….murdered in 1643 by Natives
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Happy Thursday! 1. What was the cause of Pequot War and King Philip’s War? 2. How did the Pequot War and King Philip’s War impact the colonists? 3. How did the two wars impact the Native Americans? 4. What social change was made following Bacon’s Rebellion? Why?
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Democracy in the colonies
1. Define democracy IN YOUR OWN WORDS 2. Explain the Enlightenment and how it influenced the development of democracy in the colonies 3. Discuss Thomas Hobbes and John Locke (two Enlightenment thinkers!) different viewpoints for government 4. Provide vague examples of democracy in the colonies (for example town meetings, elections, freedom of religion, etc) Provide details! 5. Connect the following terms to democratic values and explain their significance. House of Burgesses Mayflower Compact New England Confederation Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 6. Create a symbol to represent each term that is bolded! Can be included anywhere. If you finish- work on your study guide!
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Democracy in the Colonies
What is democracy? Form of government FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE! Citizens are represented! What 2 examples of democracy in the colonies have we already discussed? Why is the idea of democracy forming in the colonies unique?
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The Enlightenment “Age of Reason” Question authority
Stressed natural rights of individuals
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Enlightenment Thinkers
Thomas Hobbes: humans were selfish and cruel Total government Social contract John Locke**: “blank slate”- shaped by experiences Religious toleration Limited power
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Democracy in the Colonies
Elected legislatures House of Burgesses Town hall meetings Fundamental Orders of Connecticut Rights of an individual 1st written Constitution New England Confederation 2 representatives/colony First attempt to unify All NE except Rhode Island
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Quizizz review Everyone must complete
If you get a 75% or above, you get +5 on your test You may use your notes to help you!!!
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The colonies
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