Agenda

• Housekeeping

• Brief Notes – American Revolution

• Boorstin Reading – What it really a revolution?• Questions• Discussion

• Homework:• Terms #28 – 38 for next class• Pre-Reconstruction Test on Wednesday, Sept.

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Pre-Reconstruction ReviewSeptember 2015

The Earliest Americans

• Earliest peoples came by way of Bering Strait• Nomads• Began agricultural society

• Societies of the 1400s• Native Americans

• Diverse tribes• Through trade shared culture, language, and ideas

• West Africans• Traded with Portugal and other European countries

• Europeans• Society based on social hierarchy• Many different events lead to overseas expansion

Spanish North America

• Columbus lands in Caribbean• Started connection of Americas, Europe, and African worlds

• Within years, Europeans tried colonizing• Fertile soil• Forced labor• Natives exposed to new sicknesses died

• Started the Atlantic Slave Trade

• Other Europeans started migrating to North America• Spain and Portugal signed Treaty of Tordsedillas

• Divided Western Hemisphere

• Started the Columbian Exchange

• Spanish move west looking for resources

• English defeat Spanish Armada• Begin colonizing new world

British North America

• Early Colonial America• Jamestown

• Settled by Virginia Company• Saved by English colonists

• Plymouth Colony• Puritan Separatists

• Desire to settle a colony that remains separate from Catholic Church

• Massachusetts Bay Colony• Settled by Puritans

• Believed they had a covenant with God

• Boston as the capital

• All three organized under democracy

• Most seeking religious freedom

• Disputes between the natives and the colonists• Mainly over religion and land

• King Philips War

Thirteen Colonies• Chesapeake Colonies

• Maryland • Virginia

• New England Colonies• Massachusetts• Rhode Island• Connecticut• New Hampshire

• Restoration Colonies• Carolinas (North/South)• New York• New Jersey• Pennsylvania• Delaware

• Last Colony• Georgia

Mercantilism & Navigation Acts

• 1700s the European nations fought for power

• New economic system mercantilism• Theory states that a country can gain wealth and power in

two ways• Obtaining as much gold and silver as possible• Establishing a favorable balance of trade

• England passes Navigation Acts• Places restrictions on trade with the colonies

• All goods must be shipped on English ships• Ships must be ¾ staffed by English• Certain colonial products could only be exported to England• All goods must bass through English ports

• Increases slavery

The Great Awakening

• Puritans lost power under the Massachusetts Charter• Known as The Great Awakening

• Restored Christian faith• Challenged politics• Stressed importance of the individual

• Series of religious revivals took place

• These ideas lead to the American Revolution

French & Indian War

• Caused by friction in Europe and the colonies between the English and French• English wanted to settle the Americas• French looking for furs and riches

• Fighting over the rich Ohio River Valley• French win many of the early battles

• British win in a decisive battle in Quebec• Ends with the Treaty of Paris• Gives England all the land east of the Mississippi, Florida, and

Canada

• The Proclamation of 1763• English cannot settle west of the Appalachian Mountains

• Prevents contact with Native Americans

Fight for Freedom

• Resistance to Great Britain• Sugar Act• Quartering Act• Stamp Act• Townshend Act• Boston Massacre• Boston Tea Party• Intolerable Acts

• Road to Revolution• Lexington and Concord• Battle of Bunker Hill• Second Continental Congress

Fight for Freedom

• Declaring Independence• John Locke• Thomas Paine

• Loyalists vs. Patriots

• Saratoga and Valley Forge• Turning points

• Impact of the war• Inflation• Impact on women• Impact on African Americans

• British surrender at Yorktown• Treaty of Paris