Pre-Revolutionary Roots

Presentation by: Alex Sims, Ashley Pendrak, and Olivia Hauge

Table of Contents

• Overview of the Era

• Feminist Movement

• Native American Movement

• Antislavery Movement

• The First Steps of the U.S. Constitution

Overview of the Era: 1607-1760

• Dissent in England

• Settling in North America

• Unrest in the colonies

The Mayflower

A Start to the Feminist Movement

Colonies:

• Jamestown, Virginia• Women used to make generations

• Massachusetts Bay Colony, Massachusetts• Puritan way of life suppresses women

• Punishment utilized to keep them suppressed

• Runaway Women, various colonies• Mary Hampson shares her story to justify the actions of

runaways

Women in the colony of Jamestown Men exerting their supremacy in Massachusetts Bay Colony

The story of Mary Hampson as rewritten by Jessica L. Malay

Native American Movement

• Colonial Settlements• Jamestown

• Plymouth Colony

• Massachusetts Bay Colony

• Dissent and War• King Philip’s War

• Seven Years’ War

• Impact• Framework

The Jamestown Settlement

The Plymouth Colony

The Seven Years’ War

The Beginnings of the Antislavery Movement

• Religious Groups• Puritans

• Quakers

• Slaves’ Discontent • Letters

• Riots

• Outcome

The Quaker Antislavery Petition of 1688

The First Steps of the U.S. Constitution

• Corruption in Government

• The New York Weekly Journal• Criticism

• Censorship

• John Peter Zenger• Freedom of the Press

The New York Weekly Journal of

1733

The trial of John Peter Zenger

Further Considerations

• Pictures from• History.com

• Library of Congress Database

• NPS.gov

• People.ucsl.uchicago.edu

• Sup.org

• Helpful Resources• Digital History

• Encyclopedia of American Religious History, Third Edition

• National Park Service

Questions?