...years (1689-1697), the tension between between France, Spain and England grew and caused the first worldwide war; in order to gain control over the West Indies, Canada and the trade in the English colonies.The Native Americans were being driven away because the English needed more land for plantations and ports. King William’s War, was provoked because the English were expanding rapidly and the Natives were being pushed out and weren't strong enough to fight against the Europeans because they lacked the weapon technology and they also had suffered a demographic change due to illness. The Natives who were supplied by the French, burned down English settlements. The English corresponded with what is called Queen Anne’s War, winning Nova Scotia and trading rights in Spanish America. The third and last war was King George’s War when they beat France, obtaining Louisburg, then exchanging it for economic gains in India, which made the Colonist furious. After the French-Indian war, the relationship between English and the Colonist shifted because of the enforced taxation and...
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...for 115 years . First, England were at war with Spain and France, the English didn’t have a good relationship with the Native Americans, and the earlier English colonies didn’t do so well. During the 115-year span, England was at war with Spain and France. England was a Protestant country and Spain was a Catholic country. That led to conflict between the two countries because Spain wanted to make England Catholic. In addition to religious differences, war broke out starting with Sir Francis Drake stealing lots of money and ships from Spain from 1577 to 1580. This made King Philip II very mad causing him to build an army. This army, the Spanish Armada, who were sent out in 1588 to destroy England. However, the Spanish lost quickly. England and France fought wars between them in each other during this time. These wars were called the Anglo-French wars. In all, there were...
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...Relations between Indians and English Colonists were anything but docile. Neither side was solely at fault. Both the Indians and the colonists held a violent nature with one another. The tensions started to boil increasingly as settlers encroached more and more onto claimed Indian lands. The actions taken by both sides shaped the relationships in a negative way. Some tribes and settlers formed alliances between small tribes and towns; however, the majority of the relationships were murderous. Prior to the French and Indian war, hundreds and hundreds of innocent American Indians were killed, among them women and children. Each region, New England, Chesapeake, Spanish Southwest, New France and New York proved to deal with different issues than a neighboring region. The settlers were not the only violent offenders. American Indians attempted to hold their ground, and a number of tribes even attacked English Colonists. Not only was there violence but many other factors contributed, including religion. Actions committed by both sides shaped the relations in different ways for different regions. New England relations with American Indians Initially, the relations between colonists in New England and the coastal Indians were friendly. The Indians offered a helping hand to the colonists. As the Englishmen were developing their colonies, the Indians helped shape the economy. Settlers were eager to move off the coast and more inland. When the settlers pushed farther and farther inland...
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...start of American Independence. It was caused by several events between England and the colonists. These consisted of many disturbances such as the release of the Declaration of Independence and a few boycotts toward certain acts, such as the Sugar ,Stamp, and Townshend Acts. Seven battles occurred in relation to the Revolution spanning from (1775-1781). The colonists finally realized they deserved independence. This caused the Revolution to officially start in 1776 and continue until 1783. Were the American Colonists reasonably able to declare war upon England?...
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...all began when the British government sent troops in to defend the colonists. Many problems arose when the colonist became enraged with imposed taxes and their unrepresented position in parliament. The results of the war were long lasting later leading to the start of the Revolutionary War. The French and Indian War had great economic, political and ideological effects on the American colonies. The political results of the war had many long lasting effects on Britain and the American colonies. English debt lead to unfair taxation of the colonists. After 1763, English colonies began to control the new world. This had a major impact on the political relationship between Britain and the American colonists as it lead to the Proclamation of 1763. Britain's abandonment of their salutary neglect policy created huge political conflict. After the French and Indian War, England found themselves deep in debt. As a result of their debt, they began to strictly regulate trade, and impose taxes on commonly used items. Angered colonists felt this was unjust taxation. Sudden taxation and regulation began to affect the economic relationship between the colonists and the British Mainland. Prior to the French and Indian War, the Wool, Hat, and Iron Acts forced the Americans to ship their raw the material to Britain, only to later buy the finished products from them. Heavy British taxation soon caused the colonists to abandoned mercantilism and fight back. The Stamp Act required...
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...The relationship the British colonists in New England had with the Wampanoag Indians affected the culture of the Wampanoag Indians in many ways. In 1600, there were as many as 12,000 Wampanoag Indians in New England. When the pilgrims came in 1620, the population decreased to about 2,000. The Wampanoag Indians were known for their fishing and hunting skills. When the Europeans first arrived prior to the arrival of the pilgrims in 1620, the captains captured the Wampanoag and the Patuxet Indians to sell as slaves. One Patuxet named Squanto was purchased by Spanish monks who tried to make him “civilized.” Squanto eventually gained his freedom and returned to New England where he didn’t see any other Patuxet Indians. All of his tribe was killed by disease so he stayed with the Wampanoag Indians. When the English pilgrims arrived in the New England area, they decided to settle in the newly-deserted Wampanoag village of Patuxet. The pilgrims were starving to death, cold, and sick but the Wampanoag Indians chose to not to have any...
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...and seeking independence from their motherland England took time, yet was inevitable. Only when the colonies were sure in their ability to survive without the grip of England could they view the British Empire as a nuisance and seek their independence. The Virginia colonies uproar by the King's violations of their charter, their ability in successfully governing themselves, and creating the modern plantation system which would help ensure economic confidence were the Virginia colonies influence in showing they could survive without the rule of England, catalyzing their fight for independence. In the year 1606, a joint-stock company called the Virginia Company was granted a charter by the King granting them a...
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...Jamestown in 1706 and was thriving by the mid 1700s. The colonists were a great source of wealth for Great Britain and gathered new materials for the country. The colonies provided their mother country with valued raw materials for a low price rate, in exchange for manufactured goods at a high price. This helped Britain to take care of a wealthy government and a fruitful balance of trade. Great Britain also gained a lot of money by forcing taxes on the colonists. Many acts were boycotted by the colonists and they were outraged. In time, their relationship with Great Britain turned bitter. The Thirteen English colonies conclusively decided to declare independence and pursued war with England and were entitled to do so. The 13 colonies in North America set off to declare...
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...anticipation to reaction and explain why you changed your mind. Anticipation Reaction _____ 1. _____ 1. _____ 2. _____ 3. _____ 4. _____ 5. _____ 6. _____ 7. The British government usually left American colonists to make their own laws pertaining to local matters. American colonial trade was severely crippled by British trade laws. The European Enlightenment had little influence on the thought of American colonists. Because they were part of the British empire, colonists were constantly involved in England’s imperial wars with France and Spain. Parliament taxed the American colonists as a way to express its authority over them, not because it needed. the money. Colonists protested the Sugar Act and Stamp Act as violations of their rights as Americans. Colonists protested the Tea Act because it threatened to raise the price of tea. _____ 2. _____ 3. _____ 4. _____ 5. _____ 6. _____ 7. LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading Chapter 3 you should be able to: 1. 2. Define the basic assumptions of the British colonial system and describe its operation. Assess the impact of the Great Awakening and Enlightenment on the spiritual and intellectual life of the colonies. 42 3. 4. 5. Describe the relationship between the French and Indian War and the coming of the American Revolution. Trace the course of key events...
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...1609-1610 was the worst the colonists had seen. Weakened by hunger and disease, the Jamestown settlers become an easy target for hostile natives. After arriving in Virginia, John Rolfe began cultivating a variety of tobacco that Europeans found appealing due to its mild flavor. Tobacco had become the cultural rage in England, and anyone who could afford its smoked or sniffed the dried leaves of the plant, and demand for the variety grown in Virginia was especially high. By 1619 the Jamestown colonists had exported ten tons of tobacco to England, and the Europeans demanded more. The little colony was prospering and nearly everyone in Virginia grew cash crop. The prosperity signaled the permanence of the English in the New World. At last stockholders and the monarchy found it profitable to invest in the colonies. Tobacco was profitable because the English government forbade the colonists from selling their tobacco anywhere except London, where each shipment was charged with a heavy excise tax. By taxing each shipment, England shared in the profits. Still, tobacco garnered enough profits so the colonists prospered. 2. Puritanism and Quakerism were both religious reform movement in the United Kingdom and in the early American colonies. Although these two religious movements were concurrent and were formed for similar reasons, the movements have very different ideas about God and religious practices. Both Quakers and Puritans sprung from movement in England that attempted to purify...
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...The American Revolutionary War is known to be one of the most studied wars relating to independence. The war was essential to the founding of the United States Constitution and the formation of the freedoms and privileges many have today. It is difficult to imagine how the relationship between America and England deteriorated to war, however, leading up to the Revolution, there became a distinct separation that developed between America and England and was evident due to the limitation of rights, and oppressive taxation. The founding of the Americas was motivated by the Europeans immense thirst for freedom. They wanted to be free from anything they felt had captivity over them. However, when the British Parliament and monarchy began to limit...
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...So there must be another reason that was also responsible for some of the deaths, and that reason is that the colonists were left without any food to survive the winter. This is all due to the fact that the colonists sent Francis West and thirty-six men with him to sail to Chesapeake Bay so he could try to trade with the Indians for corn. According to Doc Francis West was able to trade for grain, but in doing so he had to do “some harsh and cruel dealings by cutting two of the Salvages heads and other extremetyes." The amount of grain that they got was going to be beneficial to the colonists but it would not be enough for them to last the whole winter. So West and the rest of the settlers decided that it was plenty for them to get them fatly back to England. So they took the grain with them and abandoned the rest of the colonists without food. That is another reason why so many colonists died in early...
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...colonies. Many American colonists were unhappy with the British because of how they were treating them and therefore sought for equality and rights. However, some colonists had different views toward the American independence movement. Yet, the outcome changed America forever. American colonies felt that Britain was trying to take away their rights and liberties by enforcing new laws and imposing taxes upon them. The British established the Sugar Act, which lowered the tax on molasses. Even though they lowered the tax the colonists were left furious because they didn’t want Britain to be in control of them. This Act enforced colonists not to smuggle. The colonists were angered by this because they were used to smuggling and when the British established this tax they felt that they were being forced to pay a tax which had them feeling like they were having their rights taken away. Another tax that angered the colonists was the Stamp Act. This was a tax on all printed documents and it gave the parliament permission to regulate all the trade. This led colonists to protest “no taxation without representation”. It was the concept of who is representing the colonies. They felt like they had no one representing them and that they were being taken over by the British government. American colonists organized protest groups such as the Sons of Liberty to create mob violence toward stamp collectors to show the British government that the colonists were unhappy with the new...
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...natives in Roanoke, and the English started an expedition on the island. They took two natives back with them to England; one was named Manitou and the other native name was Wanchis, to prove what they found on their trip, the queen was delighted and wanted to expand more on Roanoke. The relationship between the natives and English soon turned into a battle it all started off with a silver cup. The natives thought the silver cup was an exchange of gifts not knowing what the English were planning to burn their village...
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...english colony. 40 miles upstream they faced many problems mainly that many died. Colonists died for mainly 3 reasons. Firstly, the environment. Secondly, lack of settler skills. Lastly, relationships with Native Americans. Firstly , the environment in early Jamestown wasn’t good, because the water in the adjacent river and creeks were contaminated, so the colonists didn’t have a good source to get clean drinking water. The colonists tried to dig shallow wells to supply themselves with drinking water but they were, “vulerable to drought and salt water intrusions.” [Doc. A] colonists would also dump their human waste into the river and instead of the waste flushing away, it just festered which caused disease.[Doc. A] 1606 was the starting point of the longest drought it lasted till 1612, drought was a big reason for their starvation. [Doc. B] In 1607 and 1608 disease killed 77 settlers. [Doc. E]...
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