From Colonies to Country

US History/PNW 1

In your journal, date a page February 28, 2014. Compare and contrast the two paintings. What do you see in each and and what is different? What story is each painting telling?

Review

•Many countries led expeditions to the new continent.

•The English, French, Spanish and Dutch established colonies

•The English remained in control of the original 13 colonies

•Some settlers befriended the Native Americans, others killed them.

Triangle Trade

•Triangle formed between the colonies, England, Africa.

•Growth of economy of the colonies▫Cities▫Factories▫Social Classes

•Immigration▫Mostly to the middle colonies

•Enslaved Africans▫Estimated: From 1450-1870, 10-12 million

Africans were sent to the Americas▫Slave Codes kept the slaves from:

Owning property Testifying in court Receiving education Assembling in large groups.

The teaching of slaves has a tendency to excite dissatisfaction in their minds. Therefore, any free person who shall teach any slave to read and write shall be liable to indictment. If any slave shall teach, or attempt to teach any other slave, he or she shall receive thirty-nine lashes on his or her bare back.

North Carolina Law, cric.

Start of a Revolution•Two acts set by Charles II•Navigation Act:

▫All goods to and from the colonies must be carried on British ships

•Staple Acts▫All goods to and from the colonies must go through England

February 26, 2014DO NOW:

In your Journals, write at least 1 paragraph (4 sentences) in response to this prompt:

If you could create a new law what would it be? Who is the law made for? What would the impact of the law be on society? How would it be enforced?

The Enlightenment

•John Locke▫Philosopher▫People need a system of government to prevent “State of Nature”

•Three basic rights:▫Life▫Liberty ▫Own property

•England levying more taxes▫Stamp Act▫Custom duties▫Townshend Acts

•Taxation without Representation▫What does that mean?▫Angered colonists

•The Boston Massacre▫March 5, 1770▫Colonist upset with England raises voice at Redcoats

▫Five killed

•Boston Tea party▫Protest over tax on tea

▫Colonist dumped tea in the water

•Fighting begins▫Redcoats=English

▫Minutemen=Colonists: farmers, laborers, not soldiers

•Assignment:▫Pages 23, 25, 27 and 28 of

The American Vision textbook▫Get out a sheet of paper and put your

name on it▫Read:

PG 23 Analyzing Geography Pg 25 Analyzing Timelines Pg. 27 Document Based Questions Pg 28 Analyzing Geography

▫Answer the questions for each section

Revolutionary War timeline

•1774: First Continental Congress meets Declaration of Rights and Grievances

•1775: Battles of Lexington and Concord Warned that the British were coming, ready to

ambush the British soldiers Surrounded the British in Boston

▫Meeting of the Second Continental Congress▫Established a Navy with seized British ships

•1776 – Declaration of Independence written and adopted. ▫Written by Thomas Jefferson

Revolutionary War timeline

•1777: Washington leads troops from PA to NJ

Hit by harsh and early winter•1778: France recognizes The United

States as a country The French and the Spanish were secretly

aiding The United States in their fight for freedom

•1781– Battle of Yorktown▫Final battle of Revolution

•1783 – Treaty of Paris signed, land split

The Constitution•Created to replace royal rule with a republic

For the people, by the people•March 2, 1781 – The Articles of

Confederation Loosely joined states under one congress Each state had one vote

•Much debate▫One author, but many contributors

•Based on Popular Sovereignty▫Rule by the people

•Federalism▫Power divided between National and State

government

•Separation of powers Three Branches: Judicial, Executive and Legislative

•Checks and Balances No one branch had all the power Veto

•Created a system to make amendments•Federalists vs Anti-Federalists

▫Not truly Anti-federalism▫Feared a large national government

overstepping its power•Federalism

▫Power divided between National and State government

Telling the story of the Constitution

Using a printed reading and your text books, you are going to create a storyboard of the important events leading up to, and including the ratification of the Constitution.

A storyboard is a tool used by advertising executives, and film makers to map out the story that they want to tell using pictures and words. It will look much like a comic strip when completed.

• Declaration of Independence• Delegates• “Connecticut

Compromise”• Separation of

Powers• Anti-Federalists• Articles of

Confederation• New Jersey

Plan

• Three Branches of Government (list and define) • “Three-fifths”

Clause• Ratification• Constitutional

Convention• Virginia Plan• Sovereignty• Federalists• Bill of Rights (List

all 10)

You must cover these subjects in your storyboard:

The French & Indian War

•1754 -1759▫Both the French and the British became interested in Ohio River Valley

▫French had allied themselves with the Native Americans