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Enlightenment & Great Awakening (1730s-40s)
Belief that all people are sinners but can be saved through God's grace
direct connection with God
religion should be personal & casual
advocating for no need for clergy
Significance of Enlightenment & Great Awakening
Removing hierarchy/power of church —> thinking about removing hierarchy/power of centralized gov
Ideas of equality, liberty, freedom, justice —> disagreeing when Parliament taxed colonists w/out representation
Locke's Beliefs
Natural rights (Life, Liberty, Property)
can overthrow a government that does not support these rights
Rosseau's Belief
people should give up some autonomy for government protection.
Montesquieu's Beliefs
government powers should be separated with checks and balances
(separation of power + checks and balances)
Mercantilism
Economic policy where a nation exports more goods than it imports.
Significance of Mercantilism
Caused tension between Brit. & colonists- —> Angry + frustrated colonists —> protesting/revolting —> end of mercantilism + Revolutionary war
Colonists resorted to smuggling bc of trade laws based on mercantilism
Navigation Acts
British trade laws requiring colonies to EXPORT valuable goods to England FIRST
IMPORT goods ONLY from English ports.
—> smuggling culture
prevented trading w/ other countries
Salutary neglect
British policy allowing self-rule in colonies as long as they were profitable.
Iroquois
upstate NY area, aided French in F/I War
recognized importance of preserving balance of power between France & Britain
During French and Indian War/7 Years War
Phase 1: British struggle against NAs and French
Phase 2: British cut off French shipping to the Americas
Capture Montreal and force the French to surrender
Treaty of Paris (1763) ends the war
British kept Canada, Florida, and west up until the MI River
British initially struggled but eventually won (GW came in clutch) —> Treaty of Paris (1763)
French and Indian War Causes and Effects
Causes:
Britain & French both claim Ohio River Valley
Colonists ran out of land
NA = mad bc English are taking their land
Effects:
Britain in DEBT —> taxing colonists
Britain won & owns the land
NAs = mad Britain took their land —> Proclamation of 1763 to alleviate tensions between NA/French
Join or Die
Benjamin Franklin
Persuade colonies to combine forces to fight against French/NAs + get Britain to support a centralized/unified colonial government
colonies didn’t like it cause it was radical/new/unfamiliar
Proclamation of 1763
King George III's decree closing lands west of the Appalachian Mountains for settlement by colonists
Attempt to alleviate tensions between NA + French
APP - AL - A - CHIAN —> PROC - LA - MA - TION
Significance of Proclamation of 1763
Attempted to alleviate tension w/ NA + French
Closed off colonial westward expansion —> anger from colonists
Treaty of Paris
ended war and left canada/great lakes/ohio river valley/florida to Great Britain
Pontiac's Rebellion
British Empire vs. several Native American tribes (Chief Ottawa included) after the Seven Years' War over Ohio/Great Lakes land
Albany Conference & Plan
Proposal by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 to create a centralized government for the colonies.
Intended to help colonies defend themselves in FI war
Colonists didn’t join bc they didn’t want to lose their independence
Significance of Albany Plan of Union
first important proposal to conceive of the colonies as a collective whole united under one government
Somerset vs. Stewart + Significance
Somerset (slave) sues Stewart in England
Freed enslaved laborers if they arrived in England
Significance: Sets precedent that Britain is more anti-slavery than the American colonies => cause of the revolution (abolitionist ideas)
Quartering Act (1766) + Significance
required colonies to provide housing and supplies for british troops stationed after F/I war.
colonists were not happy and complained but went along because they accepted parliament's right to regulate trade/provide defense
Significance: increased resentment bc it challenged their right to keep the british at a distance
Sugar Act (1764) + Significance
Cut price on foreign sugar and raise money for Britain to pay off debt
Significance: severely restricted colonies’ ability to trade with other countries except Britain = violated colonists rights as British colonists —> moving towards Revolution
Stamp Act + Significance (1765)
Taxes on printed materials
Significance: first direct tax imposed by Parliament in the colonies
—> argued colonies had no representation in parliament and had no right to tax them
Currency Act + Significance
Prohibited Colonial legislatures from printing paper money
Significance: Colonists believed they were underpaid and couldn’t support their economy without printing money
Declaratory Act + Significance
Declared Parliament's authority to make laws and tax the American colonies.
Significance: Passed same day that Stamp Act was repealed - show of power
Coercive/Intolerable Acts + Significance
punished Boston by closing the port to trade until colonials paid for the destroyed tea + tax
increased power of governor at expense of elected assemblies and town meetings
left colonists raging, rejected idea that british could shut down trade
Townshend Acts (1767) + Significance
Indirect taxes on glass, paint, paper, tea (everyday goods)
Significance: Colonists = mad bc they had to pay more taxes for everyday items + to build houses
TOWNshend = TOWNhouse
Circular letters
Written by George Washington
Documents claiming the British had no right to tax without representation.
Stamp Act Congress (Oct. 1765)
Congress addressing the Stamp Act civilly/peacefully and encouraging boycotts of British goods.
Stamp Act Congress didn’t provide rational or logical ARGUMENTS against British rule
Samuel Adams
Founding member of the Sons of Liberty
John Adams’ cousin
Organized Committees of Correspondence
1772 MA to keep colonists informed of British anticolonial actions + to plan resistance
Sons of Liberty
Rebellious colonists opposing British taxation
Created by Samuel Adams
Organized Boston Tea Party
Colonists opposing the Stamp Act and uniting, patriots, extremely violent protests
Committees of Correspondence (1773)
Intercolonial committee organized by Samuel Adams to inform colonists of British actions + PLAN!! resistance (didn’t acc do it)
Promoted leadership/cooperation
Parliament backed down but kept tea taxes
Boston Massacre (1770)
revived protest/violence where biggest riots occurred in boston
officers seized merchant ship for smuggling
British were stationed at docks
Resulted in lost jobs for people
Low income threw stuff at officers —> soldiers killing 5 colonists
Boston Massacre Significance
Sparked American Revolution
Where political tension between British soldiers & colonists peaked/deadly
revived protest/violence where biggest riots occurred in boston
Tea Act (1773)
Allowed British company to sell directly to colonists for tea
British thought they would be happy bc they lowered taxes for tea
British east india company: going out of business bc of competition
Women bought a lot of tea (they got mad bc they like other teas)
Significant bc not a lot of boycotts were led by women
Tea Act Significance
Colonists viewed as overbearing/overprotective —> rioting
Boston Tea Party (1773) + Significance
Patriots dumped tea in harbor, response to Tea Act
Significance: Angered the British → Intolerable/Coercive Acts
First Continental Congress (1774, Philly)
response to Boston Tea Party + Intolerable Acts
UNITED effort to boycott British imports to pressure British to repealing Intolerable Acts
“give me liberty or give me death” - Patrick Henry
““The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian, but an American.”
STILL SOUGHT TO REMAIN PART OF BRITISH EMPIRE
Only state that didn’t join: Georgia - fear of losing protection from Native Americans + economically supported by trading cash crops w/ Britain
First Continental Congress Significance
First coordinated/united effort of resistance
Formally declared colonists should have the same rights as Englishmen
but still sought to remain part of the British Empire
Minutemen
Soldiers who had the ability of gathering in a formation at a short notice
defended Colonial arms that the British wanted to take
Lexington and Concord 1775
Minutemen guerrilla warfare against British troops
Marked beginning of Revolutionary War
Non-Importation MOVEMENT/ACT (Oct. 1765)
Threatening British merchants with economic ruin by boycotting their goods and change Parliament-passed laws
Daughters of Liberty
gave up comforts by promoting boycotting british goods, won respect
they were PROMOTING it while Sons of Liberty ENFORCED it
Aided in non-importation movement
spun home (Homespun Movement) made cloth rather than british manufactured ones
Abigail Adams
Organized Committees of Correspondence
Advocated for women’s rights
“remember the ladies” (he forgot the ladies)
Homespun Movement
Focused on creating spun cotton/wool instead of purchasing and supporting british spun textiles
Second Continental Congress (1775)
Agreed on Washington as Continental Army commander
Direct response to Battles of Lexington & Concord
Olive Branch Petition
Last ditch effort to reconcile with Britain, emphasized loyalty to the crown & right as british citizens
IGNORED
Quebec Act
Extended Canada's southern border
Common Sense + Significance
Thomas Paine = Author
Outlined need for American independence
Reached the masses (wasn’t written too complicated + printed everywhere)
The Declaration of Independence (1776) + Significance
By Jefferson, inspired by:
Locke (Natural rights, LLP)
Paine (Common Sense)
First Part = complaints abt British violating colonists’ rights
Second Part = declaring independence
3 Phases of the REVOLUTIONARY War
British started attacking New England (alleviate Boston/MA conflicts)
Move towards Middle Colonies
Move towards Southern Colonies to gain support from Loyalists
Battle of Bunker Hill (1775) + Significance
British saw colonists as unthreatening enemy
Patriots fortified hills overlooking Boston to drive out British from port
Lord Howe ordered troops to march straight up hill → major defeat
Howe wanted to prove that the trained Brit. troops would beat the untrained colonists
British lost 2 more times and won bc Patriots ran out of ammo
Brit. had higher casualties → Patriots had moral victory
Significance: confirmed no more reconciliation + moral win for colonists
Benedict Arnold
Tried taking back fort from the british (Fort Ticonderoga)
Won, attacked at night with no resistance
Wasn’t given recognition for his strategies that lead to victory in certain battles and was seen as pro-british bc of marrying a lady who had connections w/ the british → eventually switched over to British side
Battle of Trenton/Washington Crosses the Delaware River (1776) + Significance
BACKGROUND:
British captured NYC and cut off New England from other colonies —> Washington forced to retreat in NJ
DURING:
Dec. 26 Washington counterattacks Hessians
Significance: Modest victory raised Patriot spirits
Battle of Princeton (1777)
Attack on General Charles Cornwallis’s troops
1777 initially started well (Battle of Trenton + Battle of Princeton)
The rest of1777 = defeats for washington, lost Philadelphia to Howe’s army
Battle of Saratoga + Significance
Showcased Patriots' ability to hold off British
Significance: TURNING POINT, showed colonists had a chance of winning —> Official French Alliance
America's Alliances
Franco-American Alliance
Provided resources + military expertise (lafayette)
Spains role
Spanish Governor from florida helped
Alliances were CRITICAL for America’s victory
Native American Participation/Aligning During the War
Believed British would prevent colonial westward expansion —> loyalist/supported British
African American Participation/Aligning During the War
Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation (1775) promised freedom to the enslaved laborers that fought for the British
Some were patriots in promise of manumission
James Lafayette (double agent)
Marquis de Lafayette
French aristocrat, supported + joined Patriots
Fought under Washington
Returned to France to persuade king to send forces to help Americans
Returned to America to provide military expertise/command forces
Helped trap British under General Cornwallis at Yorktown
Valley Forge (1777-1778)
Difficult winter 1777-1778 in PA for Continental Army under George Washington
Battle of Yorktown (1781) + Significance
French navy helped the Patriots to win the war
British were on a peninsula and assumed their Navy would come for reinforcements, then George Washington lead the troops around the edge of the land
Cornwallis’s British forces surrendered
Significance: led to the end of the war in 1783, with Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Paris (1783)
Ended Revolutionary War
Negotiated by Benjamin Franklin + John Adams
Franklin secured/negotiated more territory than the Patriots had actually won
Affirmed American independence + recognized US as independent nation
Allowed Americans to continue westward expansion past Appalachian
Reasons America Won
French + Spanish support
British didn’t understand the nature of the war
Soldiers didn’t want to fight the war + they were already in debt
Thought they could capture major seaports and they would win
Colonists continued to fight bc of their strong desire for liberty
Guerrilla warfare + George Washington skillful retreats
Fought on homeland
Loyalists after the war
Prevented from returning home, many became refugees
Mob violence
Slaves + Native loyalists fled
James Lafayette
Double agent/spy
enslaved man
PPL assumed that since he was enslaved he sided with the Brit and wasn’t smart enough to do anything big to help the war
joined the Continental Army and served under the Marquis de Lafayette
What did it take for the colonies to declare independence?
A minority favored independence early on only wanted to reconcile
Lexington and Concord (1775)
Olive Branch petition = IGNORED
Common Sense reaches the masses
Declaration of Independence 1776
Short Term Causes of the American Revolution
Taxes
New Laws/Regulations
Violence
Long Term Causes of the American Revolution
Great Awakening
F/I War
Enlightenment Ideas
How did Britain’s decision to end its policy of salutary neglect influence the development of the American Revolution?
Created resistance from colonies because they previously experienced increased autonomy/liberty than when they lived in Britain
Sovereign colonies became accustomed to self-control and self-governing after long period of salutary neglect
How did the French and Indian War (1754-1763) alter the political, economic, and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies?
Political:
British ending salutary neglect + imposing new taxes/regulations —> colonies upset, building tension, and realizing their desire for liberty + self-governing + taxation with representation
Economic:
War debt for Britain —> taxing colonies to pay it off
Large territorial gain for Britain, but Proclamation of 1763 prevented colonists from expanding westward —> more tension + anger
Ideological:
Increased desire for self-government, having more representation in the laws that they have to follow
Increased ideas of natural rights, LLP, and disliking a single overpowered centralized government