Life in the English Colonies

​Life in the English Colonies: Module 3: Lesson 4

What were the American Colonies?

• The American Colonies were thirteen different territories along the east coast of North America.

• They were given some freedom but controlled by England.

​Examples of Self-Government in Colonial US History

​Mayflower Compact - An agreement in 1620 for all colonists to follow the rules created by the colony ​

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Virginia House of Burgesses - The first example of self-government in the American colonies

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Town Hall Meetings - A meeting by a group of people to solve the problems of the community​

Multiple Choice

A political meeting at which people make decisions on local issues; used primarily in New England.

• House of Burgesses

• Middle Passage

• town meeting

​Self-Government -

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The practice of a group of people making their own laws, rules, and decisions for themselves.

New Terms

​Colonization -

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One group taking over a territory and making the laws, rules, and decisions for that group.

​What is the relationship between self-government and colonization? (Are they the same? Are they opposites? Is one an example of the other?)

Multiple Choice

King James II united the northern colonies under one government, because he believed the colonies were too independent.

• English Bill of Rights

• Dominion of New England

• Triangular Trade

​Background

​The English Bill of Rights was an act signed into law in 1689 by William III and Mary II, who became co-rulers in England after the overthrow of King James II. The bill outlined specific constitutional and civil rights and ultimately gave Parliament power over the monarchy. Many experts regard the English Bill of Rights as the primary law that set the stage for a constitutional monarchy in England. It’s also credited as being an inspiration for the U.S. Bill of Rights.

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Multiple Choice

An act signed in 1689 that reduced the power of the king and shifted power to Parliament.

• The Zenger Case

• Dominion of New England

• The English Bill of Rights

Multiple Choice

Parliament passed these trade laws between 1650 and 1696 that required the English colonies to trade items like sugar only with Great Britain.

• Mercantilism

• English Bill of Rights

• Navigation Acts

Multiple Choice

The belief that the more wealth and trade a nation has, the more power it will have.

• Enlightenment

• Mercantilism

• Triangular Trade

Map of the Triangular Trade

Between Europe, Africa, and the Americas

Multiple Choice

The part of the Triangular Trade that included a deadly voyage millions of enslaved people were forced to take from west Africa to North America.

• Middle Passage

• Mercantilism

• Navigation Acts

Multiple Choice

A system in which slaves, manufactured goods, crops, and sugar were exchanged between the Americas, Britain, and Africa

• Mercantilism

• The Navigation Acts

• Triangular Trade

The First Great Awakening

Widespread Christian movement involving sermons and revivals that emphasize faith

The Great Awakening 

• Early 1700s, church leaders worried that the colonists were losing their religious faith

• Ministers in the middle colonies begin to hold revivals

• The Great Awakening reached its height in the 1730s and 1740s.

• Ministers would shout and yell at the crowds

Jonathan Edwards

He was one of the Great Awakening ministers.  He preached on the topic of forgiveness.  His church was the Congregational Church in Northampton, Masschuseets. 

Multiple Choice

A religious movement that swept through the colonies in the 1730s-1740s that lead to revivals and the spread of religious beliefs.

• Enlightenment

• The Great Awakening

• English Bill of Rights

Multiple Choice

A movement in the 1700s that spread the idea that logic, science, and reason can improve the world.

• The Great Awakening

• The French and Indian War

• Enlightenment

John Locke

He was a natural rights philosopher who believed in the protection of individual rights including life,liberty and property. He was a social contract theorist who believed that the people create government. If that government does not protect the people’s rights, then Locke argued the people have a right to revolt.  His works inspired Thomas Jefferson when writing the Declaration of Independence. 

Key Words of the Enlightenment

• Liberty and equality

• Popular sovereignty (people choose their leaders)

• Freedom of religion, thought and press

• Constitutional Government with separation of powers

Multiple Choice

What was the John Peter Zenger case a key step in the development of?

• Freedom of Religion

• Free Press

• Jury Trial

• Freedom to Assemble

Multiple Select

What three things could improve society in the Enlightenment?

• Knowledge

• Reason

• Science

• Faith

Multiple Select

Which two countries were the leading European powers?

• Germany

• Italy

• Britain

• France

Multiple Choice

What is the name of a military force made up of ordinary citizens?

• Militia

• Guard

• Fighting Force

• Battalion

Multiple Choice

Which tribe did the British colonists make a treaty with?

• Navaho

• Commanche

• Iroquois

• Ioway

Fill in the Blank

What is the name of the war that took place between the British and the French?

Multiple Choice

This ended the French and Indian War, giving all of France's land East of Mississippi to Great Britain.

• Treaty of Paris

• Navigation Acts

• English Bill of Rights

Multiple Choice

A Native American chief who united the Great Lakes' Indians to try to stop the advance of European settlements, he led a rebellion that attacked British forts; he eventually surrendered in 1766.

• Pontiac

• Powhatan

• Tecumseh

Multiple Choice

Also known as The Seven Years' War - fought between Great Britain and France caused by tensions and disputes over land. Britain won, but went heavily into debt.

• French and Indian War

• The English Civil War

• The American Revolutionary War

Multiple Choice

How did the Great Awakening in the 1730's prepare the colonists forthe American Revolution?

• It established an army.

• It created anit-colonial sentiment.

• It required colonists to pay heavy taxes.

• It encouraged the ideals of liberty and equality.

Multiple Choice

The Treaty of Paris set the new border for England in North America at the -

• Rocky Mountains

• Ohio River

• Appalachian Mountains

• Mississippi River

Multiple Choice

A plan of government came from the Albany Congress and was proposed by this delegate from Pennsylvania.

• Benjamin Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• King George III

• Frank Benjamin

Multiple Choice

Why did the Proclamation of 1763 ANGER the colonists?

• They had just fought a war to gain the Ohio River Valley territory.

• They did not want to move to the Ohio River Valley.

• It caused more Indian attacks on the British settlements in the west.

Multiple Choice

Which of these is the correct definition of SALUTARY NEGLECT?

• No laws exist.

• Laws exist but are not enforced.

• All laws are strictly enforced.