Chapter 5 Early American Culture
Land: There was more land available in the colonies than in England.
Colonies and England
England
England in the 18 th Century
American Colonists
18 th Century Colonists
Women: They contributed to the colonial economy even though they did not have many rights in the 18 th century.
Colonists in the 18 th Century
Young People: Boys were expected to help their fathers at age six. Girls learned how to sew and other household chores from their mothers.
18 th Century Schools
Who can vote today?
Anyone 18 or older who is registered to vote
Who could vote in the 18 th century?
Mostly white male property owners.
Enlightenment: This era emphasized reason and science as the paths to knowledge.
Who is on the $100 dollar bill??
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin: A famous American Enlightenment figure who used reason to improve society.
Lightning Rod
bifocals
Franklin Stove
John Locke: He believed that all people should have the rights to life, liberty, and property. Government he believed, were created to provide for the citizens.
John Locke
Roots of Representative Government Magna Carta: A document that guaranteed certain rights to noblemen and freemen.
Magna Carta
Parliament: England’s chief lawmaking body.
Parliament
English Bill of Rights: This was an agreement to respect the rights of English citizens and of Parliament.
King James
American colonists are still under the control of English laws governed from England.
French and Indian War French and Indian War ( ) French vs. British Some Natives American Colonists Some Natives
France: Claimed all lands west and north of the colonies.
French Soldiers
Ohio River Valley: French and British fur traders were both competing for this area.
Ohio River Valley
Forts: France protected their land claims in the Ohio River Valley and other western lands by building forts.
French Forts
Fort Quebec
George Washington: Went to help defend a British fort when he had to build a fort himself after being attacked. This started the French and Indian War.
Older George Washington
Younger George Washington
Fort Necessity: The name of the fort that George Washington built.
Fort Necessity
Washington surrendering at Fort Necessity
Washington is then released and goes back home to Virginia.
Mount Vernon
Back of Mount Vernon
Me at Mount Vernon
The French and Indian War ended in In 1776 the Americans will go to war with their mother country, England. They will call on George Washington to lead the Americans into battle once again.
Edward Braddock
Turning part of the French and Indian War was at the _______________
Battle of Quebec
Treaty of Paris: After the British defeated France, all land that belonged to France was now controlled by the British.
Land won from France
Signing the Treaty of Paris
Pontiac’s Rebellion: The British were not as friendly to the Indians as the French, so the Indians burned down all of the forts in the western lands causing a small war between the British and Native Indians.
Who did they name the vehicle Pontiac after?__________
Chief Pontiac
Proclamation of 1763 American colonists were now forbidden to move into the newly claimed territory because of conflicts with native Indians.