United States History

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United States History

• 1760-1769

By Theresa Bruce
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Political Problems

• French and Indian War(Seven Years war)
• - Britain went into debt protecting the
  colonies from the Indians and therefore began to
  tax the colonies to help pay some of its debt.
• Proclamation of 1763
• - Parliament stated that the colonists
  could not settle beyond the Appalachian
  Mountains.

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Political Problems

• Reinforcement of the Navigation Laws
• - stated that the colonists could only
  trade its goods with Britain and no one else.
• The government was still in the hands of only a
  few people.

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Economic Problems

• Navigation Laws are enforced
• Taxes are imposed on the American colonists to
  help pay off Britains debt especially since the
  war started in the colonies.
• Most of the money in the colonies was only
  controlled by a few people.

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Political Prospects

• Stamp Act Congress
• - The Congress was created to draw up
  resolutions against the Stamp Act. The Congress
  also marks the first step in intercolonial unity.
• Declaratory Act
• - stated that the king and Parliament
  had full legislative authority over the colonies
  in all matters.

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Economic Prospects

• The colonists boycott English goods
• The boycotting of English goods led to growth of
  industries in manufacturing.

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Political Key People

• King George III
• - The king of Britain that imposed the
  taxes on the colonies
• Patrick Henry
• - a leader in the Revolution who
  denounced the Stamp Act and eventually the
  ratification of the Constitution

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Political Key People

• Samuel Adams
• - Another leader in the revolution who
  helped organize the non importation agreement
  against Britain and the Committees of
  Correspondence
• Greenville
• - Ordered the British navy to strictly
  enforce the Navigation Laws and convinced
  Parliament to pass the Sugar Act.

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Economic Key People

• Charles Townshend
• - persuaded Parliament to pass the
  Townshend Acts in the colonies that taxed
  everyday items (i.e. glass,paper,paint)
• Merchants in general began to wield more power in
  the colonies.

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Most Important Political Action

• Proclamation of 1763
• - Colonists were outraged that the land
  that they had just fought the Native Americans
  for could not be inhabited by them.

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Most Important Economic Action

• Sugar Act
• - Marks the beginning of the end of
  Britains policy of salutary neglect toward the
  colonies.

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Social/Cultural Trends

• In the West the social and economic structure is
  less rigid than in the East.
• In colonies such as Virginia and Maryland
  political power is in the hands of the planter
  class.
• Taverns become very popular as places of gossip
  and communication.

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Social/Cultural Key People

• Benjamin Franklin
• - Publishes Poor Richards Almanac
• Ben West
• - a historical painter
• Phyllis Wheatley
• -an African American poet

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Ethnic/Gender Issues

• Only free white males could vote
• - No Women, African Americans, and Native
  Americans
• The populations of colonies began to rise
• - Mainly because of the importation of
  slaves through the slave trade.

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Migration/Density Issues

• Cities began to grow
• - Boston 15,000 thousand
• - Philadelphia 20,000 thousand
• - New York City 16,000 thousand
• Population 1.7 million

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Intellectual Trends

• The newspaper is the most important and most read
  piece of literature in the colonies
• Poor Richards Almanac is the second most read
  piece of literature
• Applied Science was used in the controlling of
  land

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Intellectual Key People

• Benjamin Franklin
• - Studied theoretical and practical
  sciences
• Bartam
• - Studied botanical information from
  the New World

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Land Acquisitions

• Appalachian region to the west.
• Colonists started to expand into Tennessee and
  Kentucky.

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Transportation/Communication

• Canals and rivers were used in the south as means
  of transportation as well as a way to ship goods.
• Newspapers were the number one way information
  was spread.
• Committees of Correspondence
• also spread information between colonies.

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