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1. LIFE IN THE ENGLISH COLONIES

   • Pretend  your family came to America in 1700 and started a small farm business around Pennsylvania but more and more people or moving to the area so you would like to move to the West but there is a new law which says that  you cannot move west of the mountains because it's too dangerous so you're thinking about breaking the law and west.
   • • POLITICAL CHANGES IN ENGLAND
       • 1685 James II became king of England. He wanted to take more control over the English government. The king believed that the colonies were too independent.
   • ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS
     • English Bill of Rights active to reduce powers of the English monarchs. And at the same time Parliament gave Power. Political change in England  1685 James II became king of England. He wanted to take more control over the English government. The king believed that the colonies were too independent.
   • COLONIAL COURTS
     • Colonial courts are made up of colonial government call colonist. They use the court to control local affairs.  , Colonial courts protecting individual freedoms. Jewelry members believed that colonists had the right to their own ideas
   • ENGLISH TRADE LAWS
     • England's main reasons for controlling American colonies was how to earn money from trade.  England wanted to be wealthier by importing less and exporting more.  To become wealthier the English Parliament past several laws. For example the asks the colonists to only trade with them. He requested that the colonists on the use English ships. And only go through English ports in order for them  to collect the taxes. Not all the colonies agreed with that. Because they wanted more freedom to buy or sell their stuff and get the best price. The tried to complain to the English but the English wouldn't listen so they resorted to Illegal Trading and snuggling their  goods.  
   • TRIANGULAR TRADE
   • GREAT AWAKENING
     • Around the year 1600 the European scientists started to better understand the laws of nature so their new ideas started the Scientific Revolution which changed people's opinion of the world So in the year 1700 there was a movement with the idea. Reason and logic could improve Society There was a philosopher named John Locke who believed that everyone has a natural right such as equality and Liberty and these ideas eventually influenced the thinking of  colonial leaders.
   • ENLIGHTNMENT
     • Around the year 1600 the European scientists started to better understand the laws of nature so their new ideas started the Scientific Revolution which changed people's opinion of the world So in the year 1700 there was a movement with the idea. Reason and logic could improve Society There was a philosopher named John Locke who believed that everyone has a natural right such as equality and Liberty and these ideas eventually influenced the thinking of  colonial leaders.
   • NATIVE AMERICAN ALLIES
     • Some of the Native Americans helped each other by trading things with one another so then joined forces with the colonists to fight metacomet  Many American Indians trusted the French more than the trusted to British. Because the smaller French settlements were much less threatening than the larger English colonies
   • WAR ERUPTS
     •     France and Great Britain fought  for a long time to gain control of territory in North America until the mid 1700 the British colonists wanted to settle of the Ohio River Valley who wrote the French would lose money if they did that.. The fighting started in 1753 The French and Indian War started in 1754. The seven year war started in Europe in 1756.
   • TREATY OF PARIS
     • In 1759 British General James Wolfe captured Quebec and finally in 1763 Great Britain and France sign the Treaty of Paris officially ending the war
   • WESTERN FRONTIER
     • most settlements were located along the atlantic coast . indian leaders like chief pontiac didn't want the british to come on this new land
     • Pontiac Rebellion started in May of 1763. His forces attacked British forts. The British leaders got scared and King George issued the Proclamation of 1763. It was a new law which stopped the British people from settling anywhere west of the Appalachian Mountains an ordered d existing settlers to leave.
   • MIDDLE PASSAGE
     • The slave trade brought millions of Africans across the Atlantic Ocean and avoided called the middle passage This trip was very scary and deadly for the slaves. These trips could last as long as three months. They wanted to bring as many slaves as possible in these boats so it was very crowded.

2. COLONIAL GOVERNMENTS

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   • COLONIAL GOVERNORS AND LEGISLATORS
     • All in Royal colonies the king or queen selected the council members and the governor Virginia assembly was established in 1619 and was the first Colonial legislature in North America. It was later split into two houses known as the Council of State and the house of burgesses 
     • For each colony the king/queen picks a governor helped by advisory council.