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Chapter 5 Early American Culture
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Land: There was more land available in the colonies than in England.
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Colonies and England
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England
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England in the 18 th Century
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American Colonists
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18 th Century Colonists
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Women: They contributed to the colonial economy even though they did not have many rights in the 18 th century.
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Colonists in the 18 th Century
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Young People: Boys were expected to help their fathers at age six. Girls learned how to sew and other household chores from their mothers.
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18 th Century Schools
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Who can vote today?
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Anyone 18 or older who is registered to vote
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Who could vote in the 18 th century?
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Mostly white male property owners.
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Enlightenment: This era emphasized reason and science as the paths to knowledge.
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Who is on the $100 dollar bill??
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Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin: A famous American Enlightenment figure who used reason to improve society.
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Lightning Rod
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bifocals
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Franklin Stove
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John Locke: He believed that all people should have the rights to life, liberty, and property. Government he believed, were created to provide for the citizens.
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John Locke
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Roots of Representative Government Magna Carta: A document that guaranteed certain rights to noblemen and freemen.
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Magna Carta
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Parliament: England’s chief lawmaking body.
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Parliament
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English Bill of Rights: This was an agreement to respect the rights of English citizens and of Parliament.
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King James
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American colonists are still under the control of English laws governed from England.
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French and Indian War French and Indian War (1754-1763) French vs. British Some Natives American Colonists Some Natives
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France: Claimed all lands west and north of the colonies.
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French Soldiers
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Ohio River Valley: French and British fur traders were both competing for this area.
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Ohio River Valley
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Forts: France protected their land claims in the Ohio River Valley and other western lands by building forts.
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French Forts
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Fort Quebec
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George Washington: Went to help defend a British fort when he had to build a fort himself after being attacked. This started the French and Indian War.
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Older George Washington
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Younger George Washington
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Fort Necessity: The name of the fort that George Washington built.
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Fort Necessity
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Washington surrendering at Fort Necessity
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Washington is then released and goes back home to Virginia.
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Mount Vernon
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Back of Mount Vernon
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Me at Mount Vernon
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The French and Indian War ended in 1763. In 1776 the Americans will go to war with their mother country, England. They will call on George Washington to lead the Americans into battle once again.
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Edward Braddock
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Turning part of the French and Indian War was at the _______________
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Battle of Quebec
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Treaty of Paris: After the British defeated France, all land that belonged to France was now controlled by the British.
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Land won from France
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Signing the Treaty of Paris
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Pontiac’s Rebellion: The British were not as friendly to the Indians as the French, so the Indians burned down all of the forts in the western lands causing a small war between the British and Native Indians.
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Who did they name the vehicle Pontiac after?__________
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Chief Pontiac
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Proclamation of 1763 American colonists were now forbidden to move into the newly claimed territory because of conflicts with native Indians.
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