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    Proclamation Act of 1763

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    Proclamation Act of 1763 The Proclamation Act of 1763 was a major change for both the English and the French. For the English‚ they wanted to assimilate the French. This was necessary for two reasons. One‚ the British had‚ after all‚ conquered them‚ and wished to create a full British Empire. They thought that the only way to do this was to assimilate all other cultures (except the Natives) into their culture. Two‚ the French were still a threat‚ and Quebec was the foothold

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    Economic Changes in India

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    Economic changes in India Development is not a finite time length television episode but an everlasting phenomenon. It started with the birth of humans and will end with the end of humanity. If the economic history of India is studied it will be noted that India has undergone drastic Economic changes since ancient times. From the barter system to the leading nation in the world the Economy of India has changed a lot indeed. This happened due to a variety of reasons few of them being industrial

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    The economic change in the 1920s helped build the landscape for modern workers in America. Manufacturing plants began to pop up across the country in various places such as Detroit and people like Henry Ford pioneered the way for mass production (pg 689‚693). Along with the changes in the way people work‚ changes in the economy also gave people the time and ability to have leisure time and to take interest in hobbies. In today’s manufacturing plants there are a lot of workers working together to

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    Africans were being traded to owners in the Mediterranean looking for workers. However‚ the usage was minimal at this time. Between 1607 and 1775‚ the slave trade had a huge boom. Slaves were sent to the New World to work‚ and they made up over 50 % of the population in colonies. Many factors contributed to this‚ economically‚ geographically‚ and socially. The colonies in the New World often focused on raising crops for export to build their economy. At first‚ farmers experimented with tobacco and

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    By the 1700s‚ Britain had established many colonies in North America. The colonists were considered British citizens and followed the rules of the king despite lacking direct representation in Parliament. The colonies existed for the sole benefit of Britain; therefore‚ Britain wanted strict control over the colonies and their trade. Colonists began to question this policy during the Enlightenment because of the strong influence of the philosopher John Locke and his belief in the natural rights of

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    Establishing the Colonies Name _____ Motives for settling in the New World: Spread Christianity Find a short cut to Asia Better job opportunities Roanoke Island With the permission of Queen Elizabeth‚ Sir Walter Raleigh raised money to establish a colony‚ and in 1585 a small group of men sailed for the Americas. What did Raleigh find when he returned to the Lost Colony of Roanoke in 1589? The people had vanished and they found the word‚ “Croatian” carved in a tree. Jamestown What

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    French‚ and Indians‚ against the British from 1754 to 1763. Britain’s pyrrhic victory proved to be detrimental‚ correspondingly to an immense amount of losses and national debt‚ approximately $150‚000‚000. In the stages of a new British ministry‚ George Grenville becomes the prime minister in 1763. To rectify for the what was lost and ameliorate Britain’s national debt‚ Grenville generated a series of taxes for an accretion of revenue from the colonies; thus the Stamp Act of 1765‚ which had the harshest

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    One of the biggest problems confronting the British Empire in 1763 was controlling land speculators in both Europe and the British colonies whose activities often led to frontier conflicts.[2] Many Native American peoples—primarily in the Great Lakes region—had a long and close relationship with France‚ and were dismayed to find that they were now under British sovereignty. Pontiac’s Rebellion (1763–66) was an unsuccessful effort by Native Americans to prevent Great Britain from occupying the land

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    In 1763‚ the Proclamation of 1763 was established which prohibited colonists from settling was of the Appalachian Mountains. Colonists were already angry after losing to the British in the French and Indian War that they ignored this and settled into the Ohio River Valley. The British fired back with the Sugar Act in 1764 but the colonists started to protest against it. This is where the famous saying‚ “No Taxation without Representation!”‚ comes from. In 1765‚ the British established the Stamp Act

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    George III and British Parliament that the American colonists in North America disagreed with. The colonists became very angered after some decisions and laws were passed by the folks back in Great Britain. A major one was King George’s Proclamation of 1763. The Proclamation declared that the Native Americans who have a relationship with the British shall not

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