every aspect of life in the American colonies and the European countries who ruled them. The French and Indian War greatly altered all areas of political‚ economic‚ and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies such as making it a more strict and more organized government‚ the great debt that Britain was put into‚ and the ideas of what actions to take next. Out of all of the aspects that were altered between Britain and the American colonies during the French and Indian
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Mercantilism Mercantilism is a political and economic system that arose in the 17th and 18th centuries. The definition of this system can be explained as economic nationalism for the purpose of building a wealthy and powerful state. It purports that a country ’s economic strength is directly related to the maintenance of a positive balance of trade. This theory also claims that a country must export more than it imports. Such a positive balance of trade‚ according to mercantilist thought
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British tax-collecting Loyalist living in the colonies‚ it would be an understatement to say I do not feel safe in my own home. After the Parliament approved the Stamp Act on March 22‚ 1765 a measure that imposed a tax on all printed materials for commercial and legal use—including papers that ranged from wills and deeds to playing cards—as a means to pay for the deep debt Great Britain had incurred protecting the American colonies from French and Native American forces during the war‚ which ended in a
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The people who settled in the New England Colonies were the Separatist Puritans called Pilgrims and the New Englanders would come to prosper through their hard work‚ thrift‚ and the quality of their commitment to God and each other. The settlement pattern in New England Colonies during 1600 to first half of 1700 was designed in clustered housing and small agricultural fields. The king will give out land and the settlement set up will include a meeting house‚ a village commons
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first colonies to settle in the new world was widely dissimilar‚ and some found success while others suffered harsh conditions. Virginia as labeled by Captain John Smith would fall into the last category. The colony of Jamestown came to the New World seeking land‚ assets and commerce‚ and settled in a coastal area‚ which did not provide the freshest water and proved to be abundant with disease. Jamestown was the first English settlement in America (1607). It had a stiff time at first and did not thrive
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The American Revolutionary War was fought and won by the Colonists because of an idea. The idea was freedom. There are many reasons why freedom became a pertinent idea to the colonists and in this paper I shall discuss what events lead up to this idea. I shall examine the British theory of mercantilism‚ the French-Indian War‚ and many of the acts that Great Britain sought to make the Colonists to abide by. Through these three events‚ the idea of freedom blossomed within many Colonists ’ thoughts
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and Calvinists flee England due to the monarch’s Catholic belief. Many of these migrants‚ called Puritans would move to New England‚ the North Eastern area of the United States in present day. The reason why Puritans would flee to America was simple: After the English government became a Catholic country‚ many puritans did not want to the Mayflower Compact. However‚ in 1630‚ John Winthrop along with hundreds of puritans would establish a government in the Massachusetts Bay Colony with a representative
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Northern Colonies‚ 1619–1700 Focus Questions 1. What religious turmoil in the Old World resulted in the little colony of Plymouth in the New World? 2. Why was the initial and subsequent colonization of the Massachusetts Bay Colony more successful than Plymouth? 3. How did the colony of Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colony contribute to the origins of American independence and government? What were the contributions to American independence and government from the New England Confederation
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The Puritans of the New England colonies influenced the development of political‚ economical‚ and social areas throughout the 1630’s-1670 with their ideas and values. They had emigrated from Britain in order to express their beliefs and practices freely. Religion was the foundation of the political‚ economical‚ and social developments of the Puritans. From government to living conditions to religious acts‚ the Puritans were trying to purify the Church of England in their own ways. Some things worked
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slave trade were central to the development‚ entrenchment and use of the thirteen colonies. To preface‚ the development of slavery was influenced by a number of factors. Such as the arrival of the first enslaved Africans‚ the growth in crop production‚ as well as the triangular trade system. Preluding to the entrenchment of the replacement of indentured servants‚ legal institution of slavery‚ servitude‚ codified hereditary enslavement‚ and the first and last colonies to legalize slavery. Preceding
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