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Lesson 9

Our Colonial Experience

LEARNING TARGET:

I can identify the rights that colonists expected as English subjects (citizens) living in the American colonies.

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A Glimpse at the Past

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Which rights (liberties) does Mather say are now restored to

the English?

“For all English liberties are restored to them: No Persons shall have a Penny of their

Estates taken from them; nor any Laws imposed on them,

without their own Consent by Representatives chosen by

themselves.”Increase Mather

The Last American Puritan

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English colonists expected their government to preserve their basic rights as English subjects (citizens).

Property could not be seized without reason Taxes could not be levied without representation Trial by jury The power to elect representatives to government (Parliament)

KEY POINTS

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salutary neglect

VOCAB Key Vocabulary to add to Flashcard List (17)

PERSONAL READING NOTES

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Shared Power Zenger Trial

Create a T-Chart.Read Page 128 “Shared Power in the Colonies”

through Page 129 “The Zenger Trial”.Complete your own reading notes on each heading.

What’s Been Happening in the Colonies?

1689Zenger Trial

ColonialAssemblies

SalutaryNeglect

Parliament passed many laws regulating trade (the Navigation Acts) and the use of money but governors rarely enforced these laws.

The colonists got used to acting on their own.

CLASS NOTESLesson 9: Our Colonial Experience

SALUTARY NEGLECT

The policy of weakly enforcing laws that England used in ruling the American colonies for much of the late 1600s and early 1700s

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What’s Been Happening in the Colonies?

1689Zenger Trial

Town Meetings

Shared Power

Citizens met to discuss issuesThe idea that common folks,

ordinary people, can participate in government

ColonialAssemblies

SalutaryNeglect

Parliament passed many laws regulating trade (the Navigation Acts) and the use of money but governors rarely enforced these laws.

The colonists got used to acting on their own.

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CLASS NOTES

Colonial Assembly

Royal GovernorElected by eligible colonists Appointed by the king

On the LEFT side of your T-Chart under Shared Power

Made laws

Had authority to tax

Paid governor’s salary

Had final approval on laws

Oversaw colonial trade

Could dismiss colonial assembly

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What’s Been Happening in the Colonies?

1689Zenger Trial

Town Meetings

Shared Power

Citizens met to discuss issuesThe idea that common folks,

ordinary people, can participate in government

ColonialAssemblies

Each had different, opposing roles. For example, the

governor could strike down laws passed by the assembly

BUT the assembly could refuse to pay him.

(power of the purse)

SalutaryNeglect

Parliament passed many laws regulating trade (the Navigation Acts) and the use of money but governors rarely enforced these laws.

The colonists got used to acting on their own.

Helped establish freedom of the press

for the colonists

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In other words,the colonists have the right to criticize the

government.

CLASS NOTES

Who was Zenger?Why was he on trial?

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Our Colonial ExperienceA. Salutary Neglect

1. _______________ passed many laws regulating trade (i.e. the Navigation Acts) and the use of money BUT _____________________ rarely enforced them

2. __________ got used to acting on their own behalfB. Colonial Assemblies

1. Colonists used __________________a. Citizens met to _______________b. Developed the idea that _____________ can

participate in government2. Shared Power

a. __________________ and the ________________ each had different, opposing powers

C. Zenger Trial1. Helped to establish __________________ for colonists2. Allowed _________ of the government

Parliament

Royal GovernorsColonists

Town Meetingsdiscuss issues

common folks

Colonial Assemblies Royal Governors

freedom of the presscriticism

SEPARATE COLONIES

COMMON IDENTITY

VISUAL SUMMARY

Roots of Representative Government

English colonists became accustomed to acting on their own.

Early American Culture

“Social contract theory” explained for many Englishmen where the English government received its power.

English colonists shared certain values, such as land ownership and hard work.

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English colonists expected the right to elect representatives to government and other political rights that had developed in England over centuries.