Lecture 3 Tradition Of Representation
- 1. Purpose Unite against a common enemy. Involved Massachusetts Connecticut but not Rhode Island Democratic growth Indian Wars Pequot War, 1644 King Philip’s War, 1675 Confederation dissolves once wars end. Not Rhode Island NEW ENGLAND CONFEDERATION
- 2. The Pequot Wars 1636-1637
- 3. A Pequot Village Destroyed, 1637
- 4. Population of the New England Colonies
- 5. Massasoit’s son, Metacom (King Phillip) formed Indian alliance – attacked throughout New England, especially frontier English towns were attacked and burned -unknown numbers of Indians died 1676: War ended, Metacom executed, lasting defeat for Indians KING PHILIP'S WAR
- 6. Forced by King James II NE Colonies, NJ & NY Goals Restrict Colonial trade Defend Colonies Stop Colonial smuggling Sir Edmund Andros Gain control over Colonies Eliminated town meetings, the press and schools Taxed without the consent of the governed Collapsed after Glorious Revolution DOMINION OF NEW ENGLAND
- 7. PURITAN THEOLOGY Non-religious men and all women could not vote Townhall meetings emerged as a staple of democracy Town governments allowed all male property holders and at times other residents to vote and publicly discuss issues. Majority-rule show of hands. Provincial gov't under Governor Winthrop was not a democracy Only Puritans -- the "visible saints" -- could be freemen; only freemen could vote Hated democracy and distrusted non-Puritan common people. Congregational church was "established": Non-church members as well as believers required to pay taxes for the gov't-supported church.
- 8. PURITAN THEOLOGY Contributions to American character Democracy (within church) via town meetings and voting rights to church members (starting in 1631) Townhall meetings , democracy in its purest form. Villagers met to elect their officials and attend civic issues Perfectionism Puritans sought to create a utopia based on God's laws Argued against slavery on moral grounds Ideas lay foundation for later reform movements : abolition of slavery, women's rights, education, prohibition, prison reform, etc. Protestant work ethic : those who were faithful and worked hard and succeeded were seen favorably by God. Education and community.
- 9. The Awakening's biggest significance was the way it prepared America for its War of Independence. In the decades before the war, revivalism taught people that they could be bold when confronting religious authority, and that when churches weren't living up to the believers' expectations, the people could break off and form new ones. THE GREAT AWAKENING
- 10. Through the Awakening, the Colonists realized that religious power resided in their own hands, rather than in the hands of the Church of England, or any other religious authority. After a generation or two passed with this kind of mindset, the Colonists came to realize that political power did not reside in the hands of the English monarch, but in their own will for self-governance THE GREAT AWAKENING
- 11. The need for an ordered social system, or government. The idea of limited government , that is, that government should not be all-powerful. The concept of representative government or a government that serves the will of the people. The English colonists who settled America brought with them three main concepts: BASIC CONCEPTS OF DEMOCRACY
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