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2. Origins of British North American
Settlement
• American Colonization
– Why did people come here?
• Religion?
• Wealth? (“streets are paved in gold”)
• Land (cheap or free)
• Greater personal freedom
• Forced to leave (criminal convictions)
• Etc…
3. Jamestown, VA. 1607
• London Company sends 3 ships
• 144 settlers
• Goal: bring back furs, timber, etc..
• Failure at first; many refused to work
• Capt. John Smith: “Don’t work, don’t eat”
4. Plymouth Bay Colony, 1620
• 50 Separatists sail from Holland
• The Mayflower is supposed to go to?
• The Mayflower Compact signed by 44
• Settled in Cape Cod
• Purpose for coming to America?
11. Salutary Neglect
• The British unwritten policy of allowing the Colonies
to avoid following British law.
• There was a general agreement that Americans
would pay not British taxes since they had no
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12. French and Indian War , 1755-1763
• Causes:
– Land Claims
– Control of North America
– Washington?
13. Effects of French and Indian War
• British win
• British now control massive new land
• War was very costly
• How will debt be paid?
• Will Colonists have to pay taxes?
14.
15. The American Revolution 1774-1781
Causes:
– Proclamation of 1763: prevents settlement
beyond Appalachian Mountains
– Taxation Without Representation!
• Stamp Act
• Townshend Acts
• Quartering Act
• Williamsburg
Boycott
16. Causes of Revolution
• The Boston Massacre 1770
– Protest over taxes leads to riot
– 5 dead, 10 injured
– Paul Revere’s engraving lead to more protests
17. Boston Tea Party, 1773
• Protest over the tax on tea
• Sons of Liberty lead by Sam Adams
• 90,000 lbs of tea dumped into Boston Harbor
18. “We then were ordered by our commander to open
the hatches and take out all the chests of tea and
throw them overboard…and we immediately
proceeded to execute his order, first cutting and
splitting the checks with our tomahawks…in about
three hours from the time we went on board, we
had thus broken and thrown overboard every tea
chest to be found on the ship…We were surrounded
by British armed ships, but no attempt was made to
resist us.”
-George Hewes, 1773
19. Parliament Punishes Boston
• Intolerable Acts 1774
– Closed Boston Harbor
– Outlawed all political meetings
– British troops would not be tried in the Colonies
– Quartering of troops
20. Colonies Begin to Unite
• First Continental Congress 1774
• Declaration of Rights
• Boycott of British goods
22. Lexington and Concord, April 1775
• General Gage heard colonists were hiding
weapons and gunpowder
• Sent 700 troops to Concord
• Paul Revere and William Dawes sent to warn
towns
• First battle in Lexington; 8 Colonist killed
• Colonists met British in Concord
• 4,000 Minutemen chased British back to Boston
• British had 74 dead; 200 wounded or captured
• Colonists had 49 dead, 41 wounded
25. John Peter Muhlenberg
• Leader of the “Black Regiment”
• Advocated for independence from the pulpit
26. Governor John Trumbull, Sr.
• Governor of Connecticut
• Only colonial Governor to refuse to help the
British
• One of Washington’s best friends
27. John Hancock
• Prosperous merchant from Boston
• President of the Second Continental Congress
• Famous for Signature on the DoI
28. John Locke
• British doctor and philosopher
• Originator of the Social Contract Theory
• Provided the foundation for the ideas in the
Declaration of Independence
29. Dr. Benjamin Rush
• Founder of American Medicine
• His vote caused Pennsylvania to side with
Independence
• Signer of the Declaration of Independence
30. Charles Carroll of Carrollton
• One of the wealthiest men in America
• Help to fund the Revolution
• Signed DoI
• A Catholic from Maryland
• Promoted equal rights for all religions
31. Dr. John Witherspoon
• Scottish immigrant
• Presbyterian minister
• Signer of the DoI
• President of Princeton University
32. Thomas Paine
• Scottish Immigrant to Virginia
• Author of Common Sense and other
pamphlets
• Major influence on the independence move-
ment and the Revolution
33. Common Sense
• 'Tis not the concern of a day, a year, or an age;
posterity are virtually involved in the contest,
and will be more or less affected, even to the
end of time, by the proceedings now. Now is
the seed time of continental union, faith and
honor. The least fracture now will be like a
name engraved with the point of a pin on the
tender rind of a young oak; The wound will
enlarge with the tree, and posterity read it in
full grown characters.
34. The American Crisis
THESE are the times that try men's souls. The
summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this
crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but
he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks
of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily
conquered; yet we have this consolation with us,
that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the
triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too
lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its
value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price
upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so
celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly
rated.
37. Declaration of Independence 7/4/1776
• Five purposes for writing the Declaration:
– Gain international support ($, troops, weapons, etc…)
– Gain popular support in the colonies
– Set up a democratic government
– Propaganda (increase enlistments and support)
– Declare our Independence (hence the title!)
38. Declaration of Independence, 1776
Written by a committee of 5:
Adams
Franklin
Sherman
Livingston
Jefferson (main author)
39. Declaration of Independence
• It is a four part essay:
– Introduction: identifies reasons for independence
– Explanation of our political ideology
– List of the injuries and usurpations of the King
– Declaration of our independence
41. Significance?
• Articulated American political culture in a
concise manner
• Created a framework for democratic
government
• Inspired revolutions in other nations
42. Major Rights
• Life
• Liberty
• Pursuit of Happiness (property)
• No taxation without representation
• Government by consent
43. Democratic Principles in the
Declaration of Independence
• Four Democratic Principles:
– “all men are created equal…”
– “they are endowed by their creator with certain
inalienable rights…” (life, liberty, pursuit of happiness)
– “governments are instituted among men deriving
their just powers from the consent of the governed…”
– Whenever any government becomes destructive of
the ends, it is the right of the people to alter or
abolish it…”
44. • Why was it so successful?
– French King gave $, troops, ships, weapons, etc..
– British citizens protested costs of war
– American enlistments increased
– Colonial sentiment favored Independence
Why was the Declaration so
successful?
46. Significance of the Revolution
• First colonies to successfully rebel
• America became first modern Republic
• First war for liberty/freedom
• Paved the way for future revolutions
47. George Washington
• Commander of the Continental Army
• One of the wealthiest men in America
• Greatest strength(s)?
48. Articles of Confederation 1781-1787
Our first national Constitution
Created a confederate system (divided power w/
State supremacy)
Written by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia in 1777
Ratified in 1781.
Required unanimous consent of 13 States
49.
50. Strengths
• States’ rights
• Representation for citizens
• Legislative Powers
– Land Ordinance of 1781: created townships in
Kentucky territories
– Northwest Ordinance : outlawed slavery in the
territory and set up requirements for statehood.
51. Weaknesses of the Articles
Weaknesses of the National Government:
Inability of national government to collect taxes
National government cannot regulate trade
National government cannot enforce the Articles
Need unanimous consent to amend (13 of 13)
Each State gets 1 vote in Congress
No national law enforcement
No executive branch
No judicial branch
Laws need 9 of 13 States approval
Only a “firm league of friendship”
52. Critical Period Events
• Trade Disputes between Virginia and Maryland lead
to violence
• Overwhelming war debt lead to economic crisis
• Massive foreclosure on farms and homes due to tax
rates
• Shay’s Rebellion: protest of veterans and farms upset
over taxes and foreclosure. Lead by Colonel Daniel
Shay of Massachusetts.
55. People who aren’t there
• Thomas Jefferson
• John Adams
• Patrick Henry
• John Hancock
56. Major Compromises at the Convention
• 3/5th Compromise: Slaves will count as 3/5ths
of a person when census is taken. Census is
used to determine the number of
representatives each state will get in Congress
58. Executive Compromise
• We will have one person be President at a
time and they will be chosen by the Electoral
College
• Satisfied big and small states
59. Great Compromise
• Also called Sherman and Connecticut
Compromise
• Most contentious issue at convention
• The Senate will have 2 members from each
state; equal representation
• The House of Representative will have
membership based on each state’s population.
76. 3rd Amendment
• No quartering of troops in private homes
during peacetime
77. 4th Amendment
• No unreasonable searches or seizures
• Most often, no warrant, no search
78. 5th Amendment
• Due Process of Law
• Indictment by Grand Jury for felonies
• No Double Jeopardy
• Free from Self-incrimination (plead the 5th)
• Eminent Domain
80. 6th Amendment
• Fair trial
• Impartial Jury of Peers
• Know the charges
• Right to Counsel
• Right to Compel Witnesses
• Right to Confront Witnesses
84. 10th Amendment
• Federal government has only the powers
specified in the Constitution
• Powers not specified are reserved to the
States or rights of the people
85. 13th Amendment
• Outlawed Slavery and Involuntary Servitude
• Allowed those convicted of a crime to be
forced to provide service
86. 14th Amendment
• Defined American Citizenship
• Due Process Clause
• Equal Protection Clause
• Apportionment for Election of Pres/VP
• No one may be elected to public office who was a
part of the “Rebellion”
• No public money can be used to repay debt from
Rebellion or to compensate for the loss of a slave
87. 15th Amendment
• The rights to vote will not be denied on the basis of
race, color, or previous condition of servitude
• Congress can enforce through legislation
88. Significance?
* Guaranteed freedom for all former slaves and
outlawed slavery for the future
• Granted citizenship to all persons of color
• Defined citizenship (blood/soil)
• Granted all adult, male citizens the right to vote
regardless of race/color/etc…
• Guaranteed Equal Protection
• Guaranteed Due Process (Incorporation Doctrine)
89. What is an American?
• Hector St. Crevecoer
– French immigrant to US in 1759
– Tried to define/differentiate Americans in 1782
– Letters to an American Farmer
• Mix of many nationalities
• Richness of soil and resources
• Availability to farm land for all
• Abundance of food
• Willingness of Americans to work hard for their own well-
being
• Lack of kings, nobles, etc…
90. What is an American?
• Alexis de Tocqueville
– Sent by the French government to study America’s
prison system to aid in reform of their own
– Wrote Democracy in America in 1835
– Gives us perspective on what America was like
then
– Helps us to compare ourselves to earlier time
– Compares American democracy to that in France
91. De Tocqueville’s Observations
• Americans are overwhelmingly concerned with
money/wealth
• Greater levels of equality exist in America than in
other democracies
• Universal suffrage is guaranteed (?)
• Enormous diversity of ethnicity and religion
• Most Americans were literate
• Most Americans owned their own land/property
• Americans were harder workers than the French
• Etc…
95. Five American Values that were crucial to our
success as a constitutional republic
1. Egalitarianism (Equality)
– Society of equals
– No nobility or royalty
– Availability of property to all who would work
hard
– Two exceptions:
• Slavery
• Treatment of Native Americans
96. 2. Populism (popular sovereignty)
• Participation of the common man in political
life
• Political Liberty
97.
98. 3. Liberty
• Protection against tyrannical government
• Constitution protects against “tyranny of the
majority”
• Rule of Law
• Religious faith helped to strengthen a belief in
individual liberty
99.
100. 4. Individualism
• Government does not direct human activity in
the US as it had in Europe
• Individuals could rise in society based on their
own efforts; not restricted by heredity
• People organized themselves into associations
101.
102.
103. 5. Laissez-Faire
• “hands off”
• Capitalism/ Free Enterprise System
• Adam Smith: “The Wealth of Nations” 1776
• Government left the economy alone for the most
part
• Each person was considered to be the best judge
of their own interests
• Excessive reliance on government limits
individual liberty