HIST 105 6 12 13 Learned during week so far o New England 1700 o Ben Franklin 1706 1790 o John Locke o Great Awakening Wanted to include enslaved o Age of Reason shift in respect for the ability to find evidence of the natural world Enlightenment French and Indian War 1754 1763 o Seven Years War same thing o Network of Alliances with main opponents England v France o French controlled interior waterways England held Atlantic coast and Spain had south o Fort Duquesne strategic point between French and English in forks in Ohio River o Washington had to surrender at Fort Necessity makeshift south of Duquesne o French Lost war and withdrew from North America o England basically gets North America o Proclamation line theoretically gave Indians a reserve but was ignored Postwar o War was expensive for England they figured colonists would gratefully pay taxes o Colonist see it as England becoming heavy handed o Stamp Act taxed documents and was repealed a year later o England was surprised by the anger taxes caused and repealed some o Declaratory act declaration that parliament had right to tax o Townsend Acts Parliament could levy taxes on items like lead paper tea o Virginia ceased slave importation due to taxes Boston Massacre o During a boycott on taxes Americans threw rocks and snow at British troops o Scared troops open fired and killed a few o Repealed Townsend Acts due to the riot Boston Tea Party o Tea tax not levied with townsend acts o Colonists disguised as Indians dumped tea off a ship o In response England passed coercive acts intolerable acts Closed Boston harbor Quartering Act had to house military Removed Massachusetts colony charter Passed Quebec Acts Continental Congress 1774 o Representatives from colonies sent to meet about issues Georgia Caribbean did not send reps Shot heard around the world o British troops heard of weapons stores in Boston Lexington and Concord o 2000 British troops went to retrieve the weapons o Paul Revere rode to inform Americans the British were coming o British troops encountered some 4000 American militia o At Lexington 8 Americans killed o At Concord militia turned away British and several British were killed on retreat Bunker Hill o Occurred in June 75 o Fort on high ground was fought over Declaration of Independence o Tom Paine wrote common sense which motivated independence o British debated declaration in Parliament decided to fight to control them o Colonists decided to hold out and split into Tories loyal to king and rebels o British loyalist fled to loyal Florida o Indians sided with Britain in hope they could control colonists Dunmores Proclamation o Offered freedom to slaves if they sided with the king o 55 000 slaves went for it Why did North American colonies rebel o Caribbean and Canadian colonies didn t rebel o Used to seeing slavery and felt like enslaved when England would tax control Turning Point o Battle of Saratoga o Americans won and that convinced France and Spain to assist o Spanish took parts of Florida in name of rebellion o France attack Caribbean and British sent 5000 troops from New York to defend o British surrendered Outcome o Florida was given back to Spain for assistance Spain now had entire Gulf coast o First government Articles of Confederation Less property required for voting more democracy Deference care for rank started to disappear Some states allowed women to vote for a short time Divorce became easier and women could own properties Ended primogenitor and entail Religion no longer mandatory o Blacks in America Manumission document freeing slaves liberalized Some states outlaw slavery and no more new slaves
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