Religion & Virtue: It's Impact on Colonization

London Company• Company in London.

• Encouraged settlers to move to the colonies by telling them of all the gold they could find there.

• They paid for the passage over with the agreement that they would find gold and send it back to London Company.

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The Great Awakening• Religious movement in the colonies during the

1700’s.• Traveling ministers preached that inner religious

emotion was more important than outward religious behavior.

• Colonial culture changed because colonists began to argue over religious practices & leave their church for the Protestant one. They also welcomed all people, regardless of race or gender.

• This movement also impacted the ideas of representative government.

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The Enlightenment• A movement that emphasized reason and

science as the paths to knowledge.

• Benjamin Franklin was a famous American Enlightenment figure.

• John Locke, a philosopher and Enlightenment figure applied the idea of natural law – people have unalienable rights(which the government should protect).

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Pontiac’s Rebellion• Native American’s were upset with Britain because

they believed Britain did not treat them with respect during the French & Indian War.

• Native Americans attacked British forts.• Britain reacted by offering a ‘peace offering’ – they

gave the Indians blankets infected with the small pox virus, killing hundreds of Native Americans.

• This event leads to the Proclamation of 1763 (King stated colonists could not settle Westof Appalachian Mountains).

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Historical Documents• Historical Documents had a great impact on the

colonists.• Documents that impacted them were: 1. Magna Carta2. English Bill of Rights3. Mayflower Compact4. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut5. Albany Plan of Union

• They all expanded the idea of Representative Government!

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Historical Documents• The Magna Carta – written in 1215 – also

limited the power of the king.• Colonists used this document to set up

advisory councils appointed by their governors.

• The Albany Plan of Union was the first time the colonists had a proposal to unite them all together. This would eventually set us on the path to the Revolution!