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HIST 2300 02/20/2017 (As part of an empire (What changes by 1776? (Wars…
HIST 2300 02/20/2017
As part of an empire
The great chain of being
God
king
Man
The hierarchy of the community
Man
Woman
Servant, children, slaves
Political:
Royal Governors(appointed by the crown)
Local: councils and legislatures authority over local laws
The colonies exist solely for the benefit of the kingdom
There are no "rights" as we would understand them --> subjects not citizens
What changes by 1776?
Wars and taxation bring complaints
crown responds poorly to complaints
Colonists are TOO long gone from England-
Increase in non-English Settlers
New poliitcal ideas spread from Europe
The first great awakening
Trans-Atlantic protestant Religious movement
England --> America
Ideals altered to fit "local" needs
(All ideals from Europe "play out" differently in North America -- Enlightenment, religion, etc..)
Religious Revivalism
Individualism
Primary features:
Emotional, individual conversion
Revival meetings with strong sermons
Major figures in American "awakening"
Jonathan Edwards:"Sinners in the hands of an angry god"
Massachusetts minster
Preached to the indians
George Whitefield:
English minister
preached to slaves
Promoted less "institutional" religion
Major 18th century political issues in North America
English colonists and their discontents to 1763
The first great awakening - religion and society
Seven years war
The proclamation line of 1763
New France(canada) and England
England "wins" Canada from the french
Exile of French out of Canada
Economy: luxuries
Needed items produced domestically
Colonies forbidden to develop factories
Technology for manufacture guarded
European Industrial Revolution
Produces -> china, glass, paint, cloth
Importation expensive
Become a "market of socio-economic status"
Daily Life
What entertainments did they have?
Massachusetts Bay (religious)
Games , sport, reading, dancing
Virginia( more secular)
Racing, cards, sport, dancing