Thematic areas and concrete detail 1600-1776
Colonization 1600-1675
Puritans/Congregationalists/Calvinists
Anglicans
Separatists
Pilgrims
Different religious waves based on the changing political situation in England
Joint Stock Companies
The Chesapeake and Malaria
City on a Hill
Jonathan Winthrop
Fundamental Orders
Dominion of New England
New England Confederation
Headright system
The Mayflower Compact
House of Burgesses in Virginia
Mercantilism:
France:
Canada
Beaver trade,
Catholic,
Assimilation with Indians,
Mostly male,
Coureurs du Bois
Absolute monarchy-no traditions of self rule or civil rights
All Catholic
Spain:
Caribbean and Mexico
Encomienda (Indian slave plantations)
Intermarried with natives to create Creoles, Mestizos, etc.
Absolute Monarchy with local King appointed Viceroys: no tradition of self-rule or civil rights
All Catholic
England
Mixed population, families, indentured servants, nobles and craftspeople
Various religious factions: Separatist, Puritan, Catholic, Calvinist, etc.
Brought traditions of “rights of Englishmen” “Magna Carta” and English Bill of Rights
Many already enjoyed some village self-rule before coming to the New World
Purpose
For all three European countries, the purpose of the colonies was to furnish cheap raw materials and food to the mother country. Manufacture was discouraged or made illegal. All trade was controlled by parent country
Shaping the Colonial Identity 1676-1756
1st Great Awakening
Jonathan Edwards
George Whitefield
New Lights and Old Lights
Start of the weakening of deference for authority and England
Signs of inter-colonial unity
Part of the movement was to push for assistance to and compassion for Indians and slaves
Passionate, outdoor events for the emotional worship of Christ
Colonial ministers began to replace English trained ministers
Religious universities founded
Mercantilist Wars: During 1700s, Europeans fought wars of expansion relating at least in part to the colonies.
War of the Spanish Succession
War of the Austrian Succession
7 Years War (French and Indian War)
War of the American Revolution
Bacon’s Rebellion
Burned Jamestown
Governor Berkeley
Increased slavery because of fear of White freedmen rebellions
White Rebellion
Regulator Movement
Leisler’s Rebellion
Leveling
Glorious Revolution in England
Andros is overthrown in Massachusetts
Dominion of New England toppled
English Bill of Rights is passed
Paxton Boys rebel in Pennsylvania
Salem Witch Trials
Fear of outside danger: Indian attacks
Class Conflict
Clash between Scientific Revolution and traditional religion
Mass hysteria and origin of the American concept of “Witch Hunt”
Lack of a strong leader
Colonial Subcultures
Scots Irish Presbyterians
Southern Anglican aristocrats
New England Puritans/Calvinists/Congregationalists
Maryland Catholics
Slave Plantations versus small farms
Pennsylvania Quakers
New York Dutch (Patroons)
New England, Middle Colonies and Southern Colonies
Path to Revolution 1756-1783
7 Years War (French and Indian War)
Albany Congress
1st Congress of Inter-colonial Unity
Iroquois alliance
Discussion of Home Rule
Join or Die slogan
Conflict between Colonial militia and British regulars
Proclamation Line of 1763
Pontiac Rebellion
Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Quartering Act
Stamp Act Congress (2nd Congress of Inter-colonial unity)
Boycott of English goods
Sons of Liberty attack and intimidate British Officials
Daughters of Liberty make “home-spun” clothes
Townsend Acts
Tea, lead, glass
Boston Tea Party
New York Legislature Suspended for failing to comply with Quartering Act
Admiralty courts replace trial by jury
Boston Massacre
Committees of Correspondence
Sam Adams
House of Burgesses formed standing Committee of Correspondence
1 Continental Congress
The Association: Inter-colonial agreement non-import, non-export, non-consumption
2nd Continental Congress
Olive Branch Petition
Articles of Confederation
Declaration of Independence (list of how king violated the English Bill of Rights and rights of Englishmen
Declaration of War
Lexington and Concord
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Battle of Bunker Hill and Saratoga
War Declaration 1776
Treaty of Paris in 1783
Conditions Fostering Sense of Entitlement and Liberty with Examples:
Magna Carta
English Bill of Rights
English Common Law
Traditional English Village Customs/Self-Rule
Mayflower Compact
Fundamental Orders
Act of Toleration
Zenger Trial
First Great Awakening
Social Challenges stimulated by Scientific Revolution
Scientific Reason versus Religion
Scientific Principles readily applicable to social experiments
Popularity and Circulation of Enlightenment Principles
John Locke: Natural Rights, Right to Life, Liberty and Property, Tabula Rasa
Montesquieu: Separation of Powers
Rousseau: The Social Contract, The General Will, Consent of the Governed
New England settlers came as families
Distance from England
Salutary Neglect
Black Market Trade/Smuggling
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