Class Expectations
E.Q: How was conflict part of the establishment of the Middle – Atlantic colonies?
E.U: Individuals and groups are sometimes motivated to take risks in order to improve
their quality of life, create government, therefore influencing settlement and expansion.
Be Respectful
1. Follow teacher directions.
2. Listen and learn from others.
3. Use appropriate language.
Be Responsible
1. Have supplies and materials out.
(SEAT NUMBER = COMPUTER NUMBER)
2. Arrive on time.
3. Remain on task.
(POINTS DEDUCTED = OFF TASK BEHAVIOR)
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Be Safe
Stay seated unless given permission to stand.
2. Clean up your space.
3. Keep hands, feet, and objects to yourself.
(ACTIONS = CONSEQUENCES)
U.S. History I (Mr. McCarrison) – (02 – 04 - 15)
Bellringer: (5 MINUTES) – (2 PTS / EACH) -> Read the question below and answer this question in complete sentences.
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In your own words, describe the term “conflict.”; how could conflict lead to rebellion and war in the Middle Colonies?
Film Clip Reflection (5 MINUTES): How did this individual conflict impact the Middle Atlantic colonies in the New World?
Title: Bacon's Rebellion
SECTION NOTES (CREATE AN OUTLINE IN YOUR NOTES USING BOLD ITEMS)
(YOU WILL LOSE FIVE POINTS FOR DISRUPTIONS!) – (5 MINUTES)
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House of Burgesses (“General Assembly) - (1619) – “Controlling Economical Conflict”
First elected governmental assembly in the New World. -> “Self – Government”; controlled the finances and local militias.
Headright System: Provided passage for seven years of hard labor.
• One Paid Passage = 50 Acres Of Land
The wealthy planter benefited greatly from this deal. -> Only 1 in 10 outlived their indentured contracts.
Servant would receive money, land, and supplies to start his own farm after the completion of contract.
Indenture Contract: Overall, it was a 5 - 7 year contract that promised “freedom dues” and did not allow servants to marry.
SECTION NOTES (CREATE AN OUTLINE IN YOUR NOTES USING BOLD ITEMS)
(YOU WILL LOSE FIVE POINTS FOR DISRUPTIONS!) – (5 MINUTES)
Bacon’s Rebellion (1st Major Rebellion)
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Native Americans resisted white expansion.
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Governor Berkeley refused to protect indentured servants in their contracts.
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Nathaniel Bacon organizes a revolt against the governor.
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Bacon burns down Jamestown to the ground during the rebellion.
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Berkeley is forced into exile, but the rebellion is crushed after Bacon dies.
Significance of Bacon’s Rebellion
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First rebellion in colonies (political, economical, and social situation).
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“Eastern Elites” vs. “Backcountry Folk”; Indentured Servitude vs. Slavery.
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The planter elite encouraged poor whites to discriminate against Africans.
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This allowed them to control the poor whites psychologically.
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“Telling them that despite being poor, . . . . . .
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they will always be superior to Africans in America.”
SECTION NOTES (CREATE AN OUTLINE IN YOUR NOTES USING BOLD ITEMS)
(YOU WILL LOSE FIVE POINTS FOR DISRUPTIONS!) – (5 MINUTES)
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Salem Witch Trials (1692) – “Cultural Conflict”
A religious and political upheaval that led to widespread paranoia and unrest throughout the colony.
People believed that the devil worked through witches in the real world by targeting unmarried women; WHY?
Unmarried women were property owners and spoke their minds in town hall meetings.
Overall, only a handful of people were executed of being a witch.
If accused of being witches, you were denied a fair trial and suffered horrible punishments.
Methods of punishment included: Dunking Stools, Burned at the Stake, Stocks, and Hangings.
SECTION NOTES (CREATE AN OUTLINE IN YOUR NOTES USING BOLD ITEMS)
(YOU WILL LOSE FIVE POINTS FOR DISRUPTIONS!) – (5 MINUTES)
“The French and Indian War” -> “Orders from Abroad” -> Political Conflict
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After 1729, the colonies no longer belonged to a group of lords under the king. The governor under the English king had
new powers such as the people present to pass laws. He even could overrule colonial laws and dismiss all assemblies.
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Like other colonists, they believed that their assemblies existed to make laws for them while the governor believed that they
existed to carry out the kings orders.
“A Contest or Great War for Empire” (English, France, and Spain)
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In 1754, a general named George Washington was looking for French territory out “west” for the British. (French defeated
Washington at Fort Necessity.) This fight between Washington vs. French become known as the French & Indian War.
“An Unlikely Alliance”
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The British now at war thought that an alliance with the natives might help end the war.
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Northern delegates met in New York (Albany Congress) and a young delegate known as Benjamin Franklin proposed a
unique alliance with the Indians for protection. -> Well . . .
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The Iroquois liked the fur-trading French who operated on the frontier.
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They DID NOT like the English who took land. -> NO DEAL!
Daily Quiz Questions (5 MINUTES & 2 PTS. EACH)
Using your notes, answer the following questions in complete sentences on your activity paper.
1. Conflict led to the development of new laws and powers from the English government that were questionable towards the
colonists. In your own words, what were the personal feelings towards these new powers from the colonist’s point of view?
2. Members at the Albany Congress under Benjamin Franklin met to discuss the possibility of an alliance to help the British cause
during the French and Indian War; describe this unique alliance and its final outcome towards helping end colonial conflict.
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Bacon’s Rebellion Group Research Assignment (20 MINS and 20 PTS TOTAL)
As a group, you will analyze one primary source document about Bacon’s Rebellion that occurred within the New World.
Your group will analyze your primary source material and then fill in the cause and effect graphic organizer below.
After completing your cause and effect graphic organizer, add one picture, symbol, or visual representation in each box.
Effect
Cause
Cause
Cause
Bacon’s
Rebellion
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“The Middle Colonies”
Between New England and the Carolinas, more colonies developed under the English.
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In 1644, an English sea captain captured a Dutch colony in the “New World.”
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The king gave the land to the Duke of York; dividing it into New York & New Jersey.
William Penn, a Quaker, asked & received land for a Pennsylvania colony.
Patterns of settlement varied, but most lived close to water i.e. Philadelphia.
Promoted low - cost land and religious freedom with rich resources and trading routes.
“The Colonial Wars”
Global wars will cause dramatic changes in the minds of all “American colonists.”
King William’s War
1689 - 1697
England joins the League of Augsburg against the France. Attacks by French Indian allies on New York led the English to capture French cities, but they later
would be defeated.
Queen Anne’s War
1702 - 1713
War of Spanish Succession tries to stop Spain and France uniting under one ruler in
Europe. England captures and burns St. Augustine with help from colonists in the
Carolinas. The French – Indian allies attack, but the British will win this war.
King George’s War
1744 - 1748
War of Austrian Succession tries to stop England from controlling all land in North
America. France, Spain, and Indian allies will attack British settlements and win
this war.
King Phillip’s War
--------------------------------Pequot War
1675 – 1678
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Caused by expansion into Indian territory, King Phillip attacked Puritan villages,
Puritans defeated the Indians.
Puritans vs. Pequot Tribes; Puritans destroy the native tribes.
Types of Colonies
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Proprietary Colony - Owned by joint stock companies.
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Royal Colony - Owned and controlled by the king.
New Netherlands (1609 - 1623)
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Henry Hudson sailed for the Dutch East India Company and claims the
Hudson River and Manhattan Island.
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New Amsterdam – A Dutch trading and company town.
Invasion of the Dutch Colonies
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Charles II ordered the removal of the Dutch.
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The Dutch surrendered without firing a single shot.
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The Duke of York (England) was given control of area; “New York.”
Dutch Influence
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British kept Dutch names like Harlem and Brooklyn.
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Dutch Traditions: Santa Claus, Easter Eggs, Waffles for Breakfast.
Pennsylvania (1682)
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A colony created by William Penn as a haven for Quakers.
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Quakers were pacifists, believed in the fair treatment of Indians.
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Penn received a royal land grant because of his father’s close friendship with
the king and queen.
Holy Experiment – “Society of Friends”
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Quakers believed in direct inspiration from God.
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Believed in the religious toleration among many denominations.
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Promoted profit among individuals and personal civil liberties.
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Best advertised colony pamphlets distributed across Europe promising land,
freedom of religion, and a representative government.
New Jersey (1664)
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John Lord Berkeley and George Carteret created this colony.
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East Jersey was bought by Carteret and allowed:
– Puritans by creating the city of Newark.
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West Jersey was bought by Berkeley and allowed: Quakers.
Rhode Island
• Founded by Roger Williams, he believed that land was taken from
Indians without fair compensation.
• He believed in the separation of church and state
• He believed that individual faith was important to all.
• He was banished by the government in 1635.
• Anne Hutchinson, believing in William’s ideas, continued to
promote in individual worship and challenge it leaders.
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She was banished by the government in 1637.
Connecticut (1636)
• Founded by Thomas Hooker, he believed that the Puritans were too
oppressive to its people.
• Created the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.
– It was one of the 1st modern constitutions.
– Should be based on the consent of the people.
Maryland “The Proprietary Colony”
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This colony was created to make money.
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Colonists received a royal charter from Charles I.
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This allowed Lord Baltimore (Sir George Calvert) to settle.
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Maryland became a haven for Roman Catholics.
Maryland Act of Toleration (1649)
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A law that guaranteed toleration to all Christians.
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It instituted a death penalty for anyone that denied the divinity of Jesus.
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It allowed Catholics that wanted to protect faith by granting them certain
degrees of religious freedoms in America.
South Carolina “The Restoration Colony” - 1670
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First populated by planters from Barbados, they produced rice and indigo
and made Charleston, its main city.
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This city had an aristocratic and Cosmopolitan tone.
Georgia “The Debtor (Prison) Colony - 1732
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Last of the thirteen colonies, a royal charter was given to James Oglethorpe
to establish a military buffer between South Carolina and Spanish “Florida.”
Film Clip Reflection (5 MINUTES): How did this individual conflict impact the Middle Atlantic colonies in the New World?
Title: French and Indian War Changes Fate of America
The Age of Exploration Homework Assignment (3 MINS and 4 PTS TOTAL)
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Read the two questions below and answer each question on your activity paper.
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Which of the following factors contributed to the outbreak of Bacon's Rebellion?
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the autocratic rule of Governor Berkeley.
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overrepresentation in government of the frontier settlements.
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the government's pursuit and destruction of Indian marauders.
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a growing number of African slaves.
E.
all of the above.
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Bacon's Rebellion was significant because:
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it revealed the bitterness of competition among rival elites in Virginia.
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it was evidence of the continuing struggle to define the Indian and white spheres of influence in Virginia.
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it demonstrated the potential for instability in the colony's large population of landless men.
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it both revealed the bitterness of competition among rival elites in Virginia, and demonstrated the potential for
instability in the colony's large population of landless men.
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all of the above.