UNIT 2: FACTORS THAT

LED TO EXPLORATION

Lesson 2.4: The American Identity Develops

FOCUS EXPLAIN THE REGIONAL DIFFERENCES

OF THE 13 COLONIES IN REGARD TO ECONOMICS.

New England: Middle: Southern:

ACTIVATING Before the colonists begin to expand

westward, they must first develop an “American Identity”. From a personal level, why is it important to know what you stand for as a person before you graduate from High School and leave home?

FRAYER MODEL: AMERICAN IDENTITY

FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR 1754-1763

FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR: A WAR ABOUT EXPANSION THE SEVEN YEARS WAR

IN EUROPE SPILLS INTO CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE FRENCH/NATIVES VS. ENGLISH.

AMERICANS WERE TIED TO THE BRITISH DUE TO RECEIVING PROTECTION FROM FRENCH AND NATIVES

BOTH FRENCH AND BRITISH WANT CONTROL OVER OHIO RIVER VALLEY….THIS WAR IS ABOUT EXPANSION

FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR: THE BEGINNING OF COLONIAL DISCONTENT AMERICAN MILITIA BORE

BRUNT OF WAR FOR FIRST 2 YEARS.

AMERICAN COLONISTS REALIZE THEIR INTERESTS DID NOT COINCIDE WITH THE BRITISH.

FURTHERMORE, IT BECAME EVIDENT THAT THE BRITISH FELT THEMSELVES SUPRERIOR TO THE COLONISTS.

GEORGE WASHINGTON HIMSELF BEGAN TO HATE THE BRITISH DUE TO POOR TREATMENT AT THE HANDS OF BRITISH OFFICERS.

FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR: THE ALBANY PLAN OF UNION As a result of the French and

Indian war, the Albany Plan of Union was a proposal to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin, in July 1754. Representatives of several colonies had gathered to plan their defense related to the French and Indian War. The Plan represented an early attempt to form a union of the colonies "under one government as far as might be necessary for defense and other general important purposes."[1

AP 1: THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR

PROCLAMATION OF 1763

PROCLAMATION OF 1763: A CONSEQUENCE OF THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR AFTER BRITISH AND

COLONIST VICTORY IN THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR,THE BRITISH PROCLAIM THAT COLONISTS ARE NOT TO EXPAND WEST OF THE APPALACIAN MOUNTAINS.

BRITISH “CLAIM” THEY ARE PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM INDIANS

YET CONCERNS OVER THE DEBT “WAS THE TAIL WAGGING THE DOG”

PROCLAMATION OF 1763: A MATTER OF CONTROL AMERICANS VIEW THE

PROCLAMATION AS AN ATTEMPT TO CONTROL THEM.

COLONISTS HAD BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO “CALLING THEIR OWN SHOTS” DUE TO BRITISH POLICY OF SALUTORY NEGLECT.

THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR, ALONG WITH THE PROCLAMATION OF 1763 WOULD MARK THE BEGINNING OF AN AMERICAN IDENTITY THAT WOULD DEMAND A GOVERNMENT “FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE”

AP 2: THINK PAIR SHARE/ SUMMARIZING Within your pairs, answer the following

questions in your learning log: Study “The Proclamation of 1763 and

Greenville’s Reforms”. Pg 57 1) At what physical barrier did the

Proclamation of 1763 set the western boundary of the colonies?

2) Why do you think colonists wanted to move west of that boundary?

3) Summarize how the Proclamation of 1763 helped to form an American Identity.

THE GREAT AWAKENING: REVIVALS OF THE 1730’S AND 40’S.

THE GREAT AWAKENING: A CHALLENGE TO THE KING FIRST MASS

MOVEMENT OF THE AMERICAN COLONISTS.

MOVEMENT WAS A DIRECT CHALLENGE TO THE BRITISH KING (ANGLICAN CHURCH)

THE GREAT AWAKENING LEADS TO AN AMERICAN IDENTITY BROKE DOWN

SECTIONAL BARRIERS

EMOTIONAL SPIRITUALITY

NEW DENOMINATIONS FORM LEADING TO COMPETITION BETWEEN CHURCHES FOR PARISHONERS

PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENT The Trial of John Peter Zenger, 1735. pg

46. What point is Hamilton making when he

says that a “man can make very free with his God” but must be careful what he says about the Governor?

What does Hamilton say will happen if people are not allowed to express opinions about those in Government?

AP 3: THE GREAT AWAKENING

ASSIGNMENT Imagine that the President of the United

States has decided that he wants to create a new American flag, and he has asked you to design it.

STEP 1: LIST 3 THINGS THAT YOU BELIEVE REPRESENTS OUR AMERICAN IDENTITY TODAY.

STEP 2: USING YOUR LIST, CREATE A NEW FLAG THAT SHOWS SCENES OR SYMBOLS THAT DEPICT YOUR IDEAS ABOUT OUR IDENTITY AS A NATION.

LEARNING LOG IN YOUR JOURNAL, SUMMARIZE WHAT

YOU HAVE LEARNED TODAY. HOW DID THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR, THE PROCLAMATION LINE OF 1763, AND THE GREAT AWAKENING HELP FORM AN AMERICAN IDENTITY. WHAT IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE FORMATION OF AN AMERICAN IDENTITY AND THE FACTORS THAT LED TO AMERICAN EXPANSION?