2.1 Origins of Modern Democracy - Part 2

2.1 Origins of Modern Democracy - Day 2

Today's Agenda

• This Day in History, Agenda, Learning Targets

• Warm Up focusing on Review of Mayflower Compact

• Continue Notes on Origins of Modern Democracy

• Exit Ticket/Homework

Learning Targets:

• By the end of class you will be able to:

• Explain how Britain's colonial policies contributed to the growth of self-government in the colonies

• identify the major steps that led to growing feeling of colonial unity

• consider the ways the colonist organized to protest British policies and the contributions of significant individuals including Thomas Jefferson

• Examine the Debates and compromises that impacted the creation of the Declaration of Independence

• Understand the major ideas of the Declaration (unalienable rights, social contract theory, right of resistance

British Policies before 1763

What the British did to anger the colonists to the point of Revolution

What is Salutary Neglect?

• Term referring to loose British policy towards colonies regarding obeying laws, paying certain taxes

• Colonist largely governed themselves

• -> Geography

• --> London was 3000 miles away

• ---> Took ships 2 + Months to reach the colonies

What impacts did the French and Indian War have on British and American relations?

• World war between French and British Empires

• British were:

• -> victorious but deep in debt

• -> needed money for soldiers guarding newly acquired territory in North America

• -> began to strictly laws that were previously ignored

• -> Raised taxes

What events increased colonial unity against Britain?

How the Stamp act and Boston Massacre sparked the Revolution

Fostering Unity!

• Stamp Act of 1765

• -> British tax on all legal documents, newspapers

• Boston Massacre (1770)

• -> Sparks Mass Protests

• --> Tax Collectors Tarred and Feathered

• --> Results in the planning and execution of The Boston Tea Party

• ---> British tea dumped in Boston harbor to protest new taxes on tea and a ban on buying goods from other countries 

Fill in the Blank

__________ is a term for the loose enforcement of laws toward the Colonies by the British government before 1763

Multiple Choice

War which caused British to strictly enforce the Navigation Acts

• French and Indian War

• American Revolution

• War of 1812

Multiple Choice

Agreement with Native Americans that Colonists would not expand beyond Appalachian mountains (think about the map)

• Stamp Act of 1763

• Navigation Acts

• Proclamation of 1763

Fill in the Blank

_______ was a tax which inflamed colonial newspaper writers and pushed the 13 colonies together against the British Parliament

Open Ended

What was the Boston Massacre and how did it help to increase tensions between US and Britain?

What sparked the American Revolution?

How incidents like the Battles of Lexington and Concord inspired the Continental Congress and American Revolution

What sparked the American Revolution?

• British ignored colonial demands

• Lexington & Concord (April 1775)

• -> Colonists exchanged gunfire with British soldiers

• -> Known as “shot heard ‘round the world”

• -> Began the American Revolution

How did the colonists react?

• Formed the Second Continental Congress

• -> Representatives from all 13 colonies met in May 1775 in Philadelphia to debate independence

• -> First government of the United States (1775-1781)

Open Ended

Are there any concepts, ideas, or topics that you need any additional information on?

If not have a great day and remember to have your Quiz completed before the start of class Friday.