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Forgiving a New Nation. Encounters and Foundations to 1800. We will read…. The Autobiography: The Declaration of Independence The Iroquois Constitution Letter to John Adams Declaration of Sentiments of the Seneca Falls Woman’s Rights Convention Sinner in the Hands of an Angry God - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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ENCOUNTERS AND FOUNDATIONS TO 1800
Forgiving a New Nation
We will read…
The Autobiography: The Declaration of Independence
The Iroquois Constitution Letter to John Adams Declaration of Sentiments of the
Seneca Falls Woman’s Rights Convention
Sinner in the Hands of an Angry God The Autobiography (Benjamin
Franklin)
What do you think?“For we must consider that we shall be
as a city upon a hill, the eyes of all people are upon us. So that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a bywords through the world…” –John Winthrop, 1630
Timeline it!
Put the events on the following slide in the order in which they occurred. The first event on the list should be the event that occurred earliest; the last event should be the most recent.
Timeline it!
Boston Tea Party occurs Christopher Columbus lands in the Caribbean French and Indian War ends Slavery exists in all English colonies in North
America Washington D.C. is named the capital of the
U.S. 20 people are executed in witch trials in Salem,
MA Jamestown, Virginia is settled Declaration of Independence is signed
Timeline it! Answers
Christopher Columbus lands in the Caribbean, 1492 Jamestown, Virginia is settled, 1607 Slavery exists in all English colonies in North
America, 1690 20 people are executed in witch trials in Salem, MA,
1692 French and Indian War ends, 1763 Boston Tea Party occurs, 1773 Declaration of Independence is signed, 1776 Washington D.C. is named the capital of the U.S.,
1800
“Columbus did not discover a new world, he
established contact between two worlds,
both already old.” –J.H. Parry
Forming New Relationships
The Europeans learned survival skills, how to make canoes and shelter, how to make clothing from buckskin, and how to plant crops
The American Indians gained European firearms, textiles, and steel tools
In 1600 the American Indian population in New England was between 70,000 and 100,000 people
Battling New Diseases Europeans brought many
diseases with them, the most common: small pox-Read description on page 8
Small Pox was officially eradicated from the world in 1979
Many communities were not created by European settlers, but were taken over by them; including: Jamestown, Plymouth, Salem, Boston, Providence, New Amsterdam, Philadelphia, and eventually Detroit and Chicago
Explorers’ Writings Many early explorers wrote
about the available resources, friendly and helpful neighbors, and wealth in order to gain funding for further trips
Read the sample on page 10-What did you learn about the author, Cabeza de Vaca?
The Salem Witchcraft Trials
1691-1692 How the trials got started: Sarah Good-condemned to death; Tituba confessed and claimed there was a coven and Devil’s book in Massachusetts
Over 150 people in the small community were accused
Between June and September 19 people were hanged and one man was crushed to death
The Puritan Legacy
“Puritan” refers to a group of people who sought to “purify” the Church of England – before it was closely connected with Church of England
Believed in a personal experience with God
In England, some had their noses slit and their ears chopped off
Puritan Beliefs: Sinners All? How do you determine saved or
damned? It would show in behavior Valued self-reliance, industriousness,
temperance, simplicity.
Puritan Politics: Government by Contract Believed people should enter freely
into agreements with the government
On the other hand, they believed that the “saintly elect” should have strong control in the government
Salem Witch Trials
The Bible in America
Trained to see life as a journey to salvation
Education = ability to read the Bible Harvard
The Age of Reason: Tinkerers and Experimenters Rationalism: the belief that human
beings can arrive at truth by using reason, rather than the pas, faith, or intuition
Rationalists, like Newton, believe God set up humans with reason and it was up to humans to use that skill
The Smallpox Plague
Brought to U.S. in 1721 on a ship from the West Indies.
Spreads rapidly, disfigured victims, often fatal
An Unlikely Cure
Inoculation-very controversial Mather inoculated 300 people, only 6
of which died Out of 6,000 people who contracted
the disease, 850 died.
A Practical Approach to Change Americans often lived contradictory
lives A practical approach to social change
and scientific research was necessary
Deism: Are People Basically Good? Deism: it is possible for all people at all
times to discover natural laws through their God-given power of reason
Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington
All people are good, we need to help each other
Declaration of Independence is based on rational assumptions about people, God, and natural law
Self-made Americans
Was the age of pamphlets The Autobiography of Benjamin
Franklin
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