1. THE COLONIAL ERA Government, Religion, and Culture in the Colonies

2. English Colonial Rule Magna Carta- 1215 document that English king signed that gave people protection against unjust treatment or punishment English Bill of Rights – guaranteed basic rights to all citizens The colonist were beginning to see themselves as something other than Englishmen

3. England saw America as an economic resource Mercantilism – an economic theory that says the more gold and money a country has, the more power it has Navigation Acts – made sure that only England would benefit from the colonies

4. Colonial Trade Colonial trade  Transatlantic Trade – the routes traders crossed from Europe to America to Africa and back  Traded sugar, molasses, rum, and slaves  Middle Passage – the part of the journey that shipped slaves to the west

5. Colonial Government Colonies believed that the gov’t should not be all powerful – representative gov’t, limited gov’t Voting – white men who owned property ONLY

6. An Emerging American Culture Family Roles  Family was the foundation of society  Mothers and fathers cared for their children  Women worked very hard  Men were the heads of the household

7. Education – Colonial Era Children were taught to read and write at home School systems were set up by Puritans Early colleges were to train ministers(PREACHERS) – Harvard University first in 1636

8. The Enlightenment A movement that began in Europe that spread the idea that knowledge, reason, and science could improve society  Galileo  Isaac Newton  Benjamin Franklin

9. British and French Rivalry in the New World Conflict in the Ohio River Valley George Washington!! Before 1763 – colonies grew and were left alone by the British “SALUTARY NEGLECT”

10. The French and Indian War part of a long struggle for territory and power between the British and the French War was declared throughout the world Indians fought on the side of the French Washington became a hero French & Indian VS British & Colonist

11. Trouble on the Frontier Proclamation of 1763 – to help stop the fighting between the Indians and the colonists, King George III declared that the Appalachian mountains were the boundary line for the colonists