Week 2 Homework

The Road to Revolution

DO NOT COPY THIS SLIDE

Students will be able to by the end of
this ppt
1. Explain the reasons why the
colonies grew apart from mother
country
2. Describe the traits of what it meant
to be an American in the 1700s
3. Analyze the impact of the French
and Indian War on American
independence

The Road to Revolution

There were several overarching things
happening between England the 13 colonies
which happened over the course of a hundred
years
1. Mercantilism
2. Enlightenment thought
3. Salutary Neglect
4. Self government
We shall refer to these as a MESS

MESS: Mercantilism
The British saw the colonies as a way to get
rich. Colonies were to be their way to wealth
1. Colonies must provide natural resources
cheaply to the Mother country
2. The colonies are a market and must buy
British Manufactured goods.
Colonies must follow navigation acts which
make it a crime to trade with other European
nations
. A lot of colonists resort to illegal smuggling

Mercantilism Diagram

Triangle Trade
Triangle
Trade
Routes
favor
Britain
and are a
part of
mercantil
ism

MESS: Enlightenment
Thought
Besides trade ideas also travel to the new world. New
thoughts on king are called enlightenment
1. John Locke: People have natural rights (Life liberty,
property)
2. Jean Jacques Rousseau: Kings have social
contract with people to protect their rights.
3. Baron de Montesquieu: power should be
balanced between three branches.
These ideas influence colonist thought and make
them question their relationship with the king

MESS: Salutary Neglect

For over a hundred years the
King was only concerned with
making money off the colonies..
As a result
1. He let them make their own
govt
2. He didnt enforce certain
rules
3. He allowed colonists greater
freedoms
This period is known as salutary
neglect

MESS: Self Government

The colonists were practicing
democracy in many ways
1. New England Town meetings
2. Virginia House of Burgesses
These practices became a selling point
and part of the colonists identity

Treatment of Natives
From the beginning of British colonization
Native American were losing land.
1. British colonists are farmers who want
land
2. French colonists were traders who only
wanted to use land
Natives fought back numerous times
3. King Phillips war (Puritans kill pequot
tribe)
4. Natives begin to align themselves with
the French

French and Indian War

France and Britain
began to compete
over the backcountry
1. Native American
tribes took sides.
2. American Colonists
fought with the
British
3. George Washington
fought in the British
army.