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    1607 Jamestown Va founded Virginia company founded by Captain John Smith. 1620 Mayflower Compact Plymouth founded 1619 House of Burgesses founded 1628 John Winthrop 1622 John Rolfe 1630 MA Bay Colony founded by John Winthrop 1632 Pequot war starts 1634 Maryland Colony founded 1636 Thomas Hooker and Roger Williams expelled 1637 Anne Hutchinson expelled 1638 Pequot war ended 1651 Navigation Act 1649 Maryland Toleraction Act 1639 Fundamental Orders of CT 1675 King Philips War

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    in the development of travel. They built excellent roads‚ transportation and communication systems. The Romans included a large group of middle class who had money and time to travel. They built rest houses. → RENAISSANCE AND GRAND TOUR (AD 1763-1773) The rise of Italy as intellectual capital of Europe. Grand tour is a tour to the principal cities and places of interest in Europe‚ formerly said to be an essential part of the education of the young man of ‘good birth’ and ‘fortune’. Main travelers

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    The colonies felt they should be treated a certain way and Britain felt differently on the issue. Americans sought the same rights as Englishmen but Britain wanted to use the colonies in a way that best suited them. Starting in 1754 and ending in 1763 the French and Indian War left the British in enormous debt‚ which in turn started demands of more revenue from the colonies. In 1764 the Currency Act was initiated by Parliament banning Americans from issuing money or bills of credit. Parliaments

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    Greene‚ Jack P. Colonies to Nation‚ 1763-1789: A Documentary History of the American Revolution. Vol. 2. New York: Norton‚ 1975. Print. Jayne‚ Allen. Jefferson ’s Declaration of Independence: Origins‚ Philosophy‚ and Theology. Lexington: University of Kentucky‚ 1998. Print. McDonald‚ Forrest. Novus Ordo Seclorum: The Intellectual Origins of the Constitution. Lawrence‚ Kan.: University of Kansas‚ 1985. Print. Morgan‚ Edmund Sears. The Birth of the Republic: 1763-89. 3rd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago

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    Proclamation Line of 1763 prohibited settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. And even though this law was passed for colonists’ own good (and Sir William Johnson‚ Superintendent of Indian Affairs‚ was utterly opposed to the settlers encroaching upon unsubdued territory at this time) — for one reason to protect them from hostile Indians‚ it bothered people who were bent on western expansion. Additionally‚ Great Britain incurred huge debt from the French and Indian War (1755-1763) — which was the

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    the years leading up to the American Revolution. By 1773 tensions were mounting as British America’s relationship with Mother England became increasing strained. The British Empire has secured victory in the French and Indian Wars but had run up an incredible war debt. King George III and the British Government looked to taxing goods in the American colonies as a means to replenish its treasury. It was in this the passing of the Tea Act 1773 that ignited a standoff and brought the issue of taxation

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    peace and sanguine tranquility between the crown of the British Empire and its subjects in the American colonies forever changed after the war‚ down a path where the allegiance and union with the crown was torn asunder. The peace treaty of of Paris in 1763 ended the war‚ known in North America as the French and Indian War. The result of the treaties gave Britain most of Canada and North America from the French Empire‚ along with reduced Native American territory.1 The war was won‚ but at an expensive

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    chancellor of the Exchequer‚ was correct by saying in Document 1‚ "We are not yet recovered from a war solely fought for their protection." Whately was referring to the French and Indian War (1754-1763). This war indeed cost Britain much‚ and I do believe the colonists were greatful. However‚ Britain‚ after 1763‚ did not allow the colonists to move west. The colonies were increasing by becoming crowded. New taxes angered them as well. Not being represented in Parliament was tyranny. "Taxation without

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    CHAPTER 5 The American Revolution: From Elite Protest To Popular Revolt‚ 1763-1783 SUMMARY This chapter covers the years that saw the colonies emerge as an independent nation. The colonial rebellion began as a protest on the part of the gentry‚ but military victory required that thousands of ordinary men and women dedicate themselves to the ideals of republicanism. I. STRUCTURE OF COLONIAL SOCIETY In the period following the Seven Years’ War‚ Americans looked to the future with great optimism

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    1704 First colonial newspaper 1720s Colonial economic life quickens 1739-1744 Great Awakening 1756-1763 French and Indian War 1750 1775 1763 Proclamation Line established 1763-1764 Pontiac’s Rebellion 1764-1765 Sugar Act and Stamp Act Controversies 1766 Declaratory Act 1767 Townshend Act‚ New York Assembly suspended 1770 Boston Massacre 1772 Committees of Correspondence formed 1773 Boston Tea Party 1774 Coercive Acts‚ First Continental Congress convenes 1775 Revolution begins with

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