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1 1607 Date Jamestown was established 1620 Date Pilgrims settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts 1630 Beginning of the Great Migration. 20,000 Puritans fled England for religious freedom in America Bi-cameral Legislature Legislature that has 2 Houses Cash Crop Crop grown to sell for money

2 Charles de Montesquieu Wrote that government should be separated into 3 branches to keep it from becoming too powerful. Said there should be a system of checks and balances between the 3 branches. His ideas were used in our Constitution Chesapeake Bay Area people set up colonies because of the success colonists were having at Jamestown When people move to an area to set up a community that still considers itself part of the original (mother) country. Mother country uses new colony to make money Countries involved in Great Race England, France and Spain Economic Reason for To gain wealth

3 Exploration To investigate new areas and things Free Enterprise/Capitalism The Great Awakening Fundamental idea in America. You can keep most of what you earn. Your ideas and what you create is yours to make a profit from Time when people began reading the Bible for themselves. Caused them to 'wake up' to what they felt God was telling them to do House of Burgesses First Representative Government in America. Set up in Virginia. Bi- Cameral Legislature Important Ideas of Self- Government Mayflower Compact-1620 House of Burgesses-1619 Fundamental Orders of Connecticut See previous slides for information on each

4 John Locke Philosopher who wrote that people give their rights to the government in a 'social contract'. Said man had the right to "life, liberty and property". Jefferson included his ideas in the Declaration of Independence John Smith Man who saved Jamestown by forcing everyone to work for their food Majority Rule The one with the most votes wins. New idea that people could decide what laws they will obey Massachusetts Bay Colony/Boston Area that the Puritans settled in America Mayflower Compact Agreement between 1st Pilgrims. Set up selfgovernment and majority rule. Big influence on Constitution 200 years later

5 Pilgrims People who came to America for religious freedom. Settled in Plymouth. Wrote Mayflower Compact. Not as strict about forcing others to follow their rules Political Reason for To gain land for your country or to gain fame for yourself Puritans Religious Freedom Religious Reason for Group of people who wanted to 'purify' the Church of England. Had to leave England. Very rigid in how they thought people should behave. No dancing or swearing, must go to church. People who didn't obey were punished or banished (kicked out) Fundamental idea in America. You don't have to be a particular religion in order to participate in government. You can worship God as you choose and not be persecuted. To spread your religion to others or to settle in a place you aren't persecuted for your religion

6 Representative Government We elect someone who will present our ideas to the government. If we don't like how they represent us, we can elect someone else Roanoke 1st and 2nd colonies attempted by England. Both failed Self-Government Man can rule without a king Thomas Hooker Tobacco Started colony of Connecticut. Believed all men are created equal. Wrote the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut. This was the 1st written Constitution in America and a model for our U.S. Constitution Cash crop that saved Jamestown because it grew so well and made people rich

7 William Blackstone William Penn Believed laws should protect people and their rights. Said our rights are self-evident. His ideas were used in the Declaration of Independence Started Pennsylvania for Quakers. Quakers were persecuted by the Puritans because they believed in equality for everyone. Said government power should be limited. Government should protect people's property. Power should come from the people. Penn wrote laws allowing for religious freedom. His laws were later written into the Bill of Rights that we use today

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