Colonial America

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Colonial America

• A Snapshot for GED Success!

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Heres what this presentation will cover

• 1st colonies
• Jamestown Colony (1607)
• Plymouth Colony/the Pilgrims (1620)
• The 13 original colonies
• Conflict with Indians (1634-)
• French and Indian War (1754)
• The American Revolution (1775)
• Sample GED questions

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Map of England
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Jamestown Colony (1607)

• In June of 1606, King James I granted a charter
  to a group of London entrepreneurs, the Virginia
  Company, to establish a satellite English
  settlement in the Chesapeake region of North
  America.
• They were instructed to settle Virginia, find
  gold and a water route to the Orient.

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Jamestown Colony (1607)

• On May 14, 1607, the Virginia Company explorers
  landed on Jamestown Island,
• to establish the Virginia English colony
• on the banks of the James River 60 miles from the
  mouth of the Chesapeake Bay.

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Jamestown Colony (1607)

• On May 14, 1607, the Virginia Company explorers
  landed on Jamestown Island, to establish the
  Virginia English colony on the banks of the James
  River 60 miles from the mouth of the Chesapeake
  Bay.

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Jamestown
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Captain John Smith
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Pocahontas

• Married John Rolfe 1614

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Pilgrims

• What is a pilgrim?
• 1. A religious devotee who journeys to a shrine
  or sacred place.
• 2. One who embarks on a quest for something
  conceived of as sacred.
• 3. A traveler.
• 4. Pilgrim One of the English Separatists who
  founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in
  1620.

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Some Pilgrim facts

• Separtists
• didnt agree with the Church of England
• Fled to Holland
• Left Holland on the Speedwell
• The Mayflower left Plymouth, England on September
  6, 1620
• and anchored off the tip of Cape Cod on November
  11, 1620

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Route
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Routes (of the Speedwell and Mayflower)
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The Mayflower

• 66 day voyage
• The Mayflower at Sea by Margeson

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The Mayflower
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The Mayflower Compact

• Allyn Cox, Oil on Canvas, (1973-1974)

• signed aboard the ship Mayflower in 1620
• set forth principles of tolerance and liberty for
  the government of a new colony in the New World.
• Pilgrim leader William Brewster is shown signing
  the document
• John Standish, the colony's military leader,
  stands at left.

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The First Thanksgiving, painted by Jean Leon
Gerome Ferris (1863-1930).
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Salem Witch Trials - 1692

• Video at http//school.discovery.com/schooladventu
  res/salemwitchtrials/

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King Phillips War (1675 1676)
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William Penn

• Quaker
• Penns Sylvania (woods) 1687

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No Taxation without Representation

• Stamp Act of 1765
• Townshend Acts of 1767

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The 13 Original Colonies

• Massachusetts - 1620 (red)
• New Hampshire - 1630 (lt green)
• New York 1626 (light blue)
• Rhode Island - 1636 (dark blue)
• Connecticut 1636 (magenta)
• Pennsylvania - 1682 (orange)
• New Jersey (olive green)
• Delaware - 1638 (yellow)
• Maryland -1634 (purple)
• Virginia - 1607 (gray)
• North Carolina - 1653 (green)
• South Carolina -1670 (tan)
• Georgia - 1732 (brown)

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The Boston Massacre (1770)
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The Boston Tea Party
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Patrick Henry

• If this be treason, make the most of it.
• I know not what course others may take but as
  for me, give me liberty, or give me death!
  Patrick Henry - March 23, 1775

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Paul Revere The British are Coming!

• April 18, 1775
• British soldiers to Concord

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The shot heard around the worldApril 19, 1775,
Lexington, Mass.
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The Grand Union Flag

• officially adopted by the Continental Congress in
  1775.

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Second Continental Congress (May 10, 1775)
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George Washington takes commandJuly 3, 1775
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Thomas Paine

• Common Sense published January 9, 1776
• "We have it in our power to begin the world
  anew... America shall make a stand, not for
  herself alone, but for the world,"

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Declaration of IndependenceJuly 4, 1776
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Declaration of Independence

• We hold these Truths to be self evident, that
  all Men are created equal, that they are endowed
  by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
  that among these rights are Life, Liberty, and
  the pursuit of Happiness.

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The Betsy Ross Flag
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Its not going so well for the colonists

• "...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 his
  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."
  Thomas Paine

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Crossing the Delaware RiverDecember 25-26, 1776
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1st US Flag

• 13 stars
• June 14, 1777 (18 years)

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A major victory
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Articles of Confederation
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Ben Franklin
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The War Ends

• 1783
• The Treaty of Paris
• Washington Resigns

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Lets Practice

• GED questions on Colonial America

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• A study of the causes of the American Revolution
  of 1776, the French Revolution of 1789, and the
  Russian Revolution of 1917 best supports the
  generalization that revolution is most likely to
  occur when
• those in power are resistant to change
• a society has a lower standard of living than
  those around it
• a society has become industrialized
• stable governments are in power
• people are given too much voice in their
  government
• Answer (1)

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• Which is a valid conclusion that can be drawn
  from the information in the chart?

• The main purpose of the system illustrated was to
  benefit the Colonies.
• Nationalism was the motivating factor in English
  colonization.
• The profit motive was a strong force in
  colonization.
• The opportunity to own land attracted many
  settlers to the colonies.
• Inducements were offered to prospective settlers.
• Answer (3)

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• From the details in the map, what can we tell
  about the New England state of Maine?
• It was not discovered by the English.
• It was owned and controlled by the French.
• It was governed and subdivided by Spain.
• It was considered a part of Canada.
• It was originally part of Massachusetts.
• Answer (5)

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• Which of the following can be proved by the map
  to be FALSE?
• Georgia was the last colony to become a state.
• Pennsylvania was the most powerful colony.
• In the 1700s, France gave up all interest in the
  New World.
• England controlled much of the eastern seaboard.
• The first colonists in New York were Dutch.
• Answer (3)

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• "We hold these Truths to be self evident, that
  all Men are created equal, that they are endowed
  by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
  that among these rights are Life, Liberty, and
  the pursuit of Happiness.
• Which of the following political actions
  violated the principle of "unalienable Rights" of
  liberty that evolved from the above excerpt of
  the U.S. Declaration of Independence?
• In 1857, a U.S. Supreme Court ruling promoted the
  expansion of slavery in U.S. territories.
• In 1870, the Fifteenth Amendment to the
  Constitution outlawed the practice of denying the
  right to vote because of race, color, or previous
  condition of servitude.
• In 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the
  Constitution granted women the right to vote
  nationwide.
• In 1964, the Civil Rights Act outlawed racial
  discrimination in employment and public
  accommodations.
• In 1971, the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the
  Constitution extended the right to vote to
  18-year-old citizens.
• Answer (1)

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The End.

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