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Bell Ringer Using what we have learned in this class, complete the Venn Diagram on your note sheet to compare and contrast the British and French colonies in the areas of government, economy, and culture.

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Bell Ringer• Using what we have learned in this class, complete the Venn

Diagram on your note sheet to compare and contrast the British and French colonies in the areas of government, economy, and culture.

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ROAD TO REVOLUTIONEssential Question: How did the government structures, economic base, and cultural traditions differ between New France and English colonies?

Essential Question: How did salutary neglect, experience w/ self-government and land ownership lead to the American Revolution?

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Colonial GovernmentBritish Colonies

• Established local governments and representative assemblies• Allowed to tax themselves• Freedoms could be

exercised as long as they did not take up arms against the Crown

French Colonies• Fully subject to the French

king• No political rights or

representative government• Public meetings could not be

held without permission

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Colonial EconomyBritish Colonies

• Diverse economy including farming, fishing, and trading• Exports: tobacco, rice,

timber, and fish

French Colonies• Although French

government encouraged farming, many of the plantations in the Mississippi Valley failed• Fur trading was the primary

source of revenue

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Colonial CultureBritish Colonies

• Population-comprised of farmers, skilled tradesmen, indentured servants, and convicted criminals. Welcomed immigrants from other countries

• Large population growth-by 1754 the English colonies had 1.5 million people

• Mostly Protestant with religious tolerance practiced to some degree in most colonies

• Relationship with Native Americans-originally friendly be later had major conflicts over land

French Colonies• Population-comprised of fur traders,

merchants, and missionaries. No peasant farmers allowed to emigrate.

• Slow population growth-By 1763, there were only 10,000 settlers in Louisiana(including slaves)

• Colonial life was controlled by Catholic clergy. After 1659, Protestants were not allowed to emigrate.

• Relationship with Native Americans-developed alliances, especially against the British

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Salutary Neglect• England's economy operated under the

system of mercantilism• Mercantilism-Economic system where

colonies are money-makers for the mother country

• The British Parliament passed laws regulating trade in the colonies

• Because the colonies were very profitable, the British rarely enforced the trade restrictions passed by Parliament

• The British began to enforce the laws after the French and Indian War; this ended salutary neglect

• Why would the end of salutary neglect push the colonists toward revolution?

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Self-government• Each colony had a governor appointed

by the king and a colonial legislature elected by land owning males.

• The legislature controlled the governor's salary which meant they controlled the governor.

• Many colonists believed that colonial assemblies should make laws concerning domestic issues, and London politicians should concern themselves only with matters that affected the entire empire.

• England's constant wars with France took their attention off the colonies and they were left to manage their own affairs.

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Private Ownership of Land• Most of the land in England was

owned by rich nobles.• Several early colonies experimented

with communal land ownership.• Communal land ownership-land is

owned by the community and everyone works for the good of the community. Everyone received the benefit of the land, so it was assumed that everyone would work.

• Communal land ownership was tried in Plymouth. It failed in a big way.

• Why did communal land ownership fail?

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Private Ownership of Land(cont)• Colonies began to prosper once the

idea of private land ownership was introduced.

• People were encouraged to experiment with their land to find the most productive use for it-farming, timber, etc.

• People had an opportunity to accumulate their own wealth by using their land.

• When salutary neglect ended, colonists were angered that their private property rights were threatened.

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Summarizer

• Pick out an important word or phrase from today's lesson. Tell me what it means and why it is important.

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Extension Activity

• Create an advertisement for the British colonies. It should be illustrated and contain content from today's lesson telling why colonial America is a great place to be.