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J OURNAL Q UESTION Do you think that it is a good idea to have Heritage history months (i.e. Hispanic Heritage Month, Black History Month, etc.)? Why or.

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1 J OURNAL Q UESTION Do you think that it is a good idea to have Heritage history months (i.e. Hispanic Heritage Month, Black History Month, etc.)? Why or why not?

2 T HE C OLONIES & R EVOLUTION American Government

3 T HE 13 COLONIES The 13 colonies have been called “13 schools of government”. Why? They developed separately over 125 years. Each was established based on a charter, or a written grant of authority from the king. Over time, three different types of colonies formed: Royal, Propreitary, and Charter.

4 R OYAL C OLONIES These colonies were subject to direct control by the King. The King named a governor and a council, they had the power to tax. The council did not have to respond to the will of the people. New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Massachusetts, and Georgia.

5 T HE C HARTER C OLONIES These were charters granted to a group of people. Connecticut and Rhode Island were founded by religious outcasts Most democratic, they were not subject to the King’s approval.

6 T HE P ROPRIETARY C OLONIES These states were granted to a person and could be governed as the proprietor chose. The governor was appointed by the proprietor. Pennsylvania & Delaware.

7 B RITAIN ’ S C OLONIAL P OLICIES Because of the distance between the colonies and Britain, the colonists began to enjoy a large amount of political freedoms. The relationship between England and the States began to resemble Federalism. Britain: defense, foreign affairs, money Colonies: trade policy In the 1760s Britain began to tax the colonists more heavily in order to support British troops in the U.S. fighting in the French and Indian War.

8 T HE S TAMP A CT In order to pay for the cost of war, Parliament passed the Stamp Act in 1765. This law required the use of tax stamps on all legal documents, business agreements, and newspapers. This angered the colonists, so they formed the Stamp Act Congress in which nine colonies sent representatives to. Parliament repealed the Act, but passed other laws that angered the colonists. Violence finally erupted at the Boston Massacre in 1770.

9 T HE B OSTON M ASSACRE

10 T HE B OSTON T EA P ARTY To protest a new tax on tea, colonists began to boycott, or refuse to buy or consume, English tea. This resulted in the Boston Tea Party in 1773.

11 T HE B REWING R EVOLUTION Were the colonists right to revolt? Wasn’t the Crown trying to protect them? Shouldn’t they have to pay for their protection?


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