4,620
edits
US History concept chart major concepts & themes across US History: Difference between revisions
US History concept chart major concepts & themes across US History (view source)
Revision as of 21:48, 29 May 2021
, 29 May 2021→American colonial perceptions viz Britain
| Line 206: | Line 206: | ||
=== American colonial perceptions viz Britain === | === American colonial perceptions viz Britain === | ||
* American colonials perceived themselves as both British citizens and citizens of their local colonies | |||
* the British perceived the colonists as subjects | |||
** = a key source of dispute between the British and the colonialists as to their political relationship | |||
* citizens or subjects? | * citizens or subjects? | ||
* duty & responsibilities as British subjects | * duty & responsibilities as British subjects | ||
* self-governance or British-appointed governance | |||
* direct v. indirect representation | * direct v. indirect representation | ||
* ''salutary neglect'' | |||
** = the idea that the American colonies had better progressed without British interference | |||
** articulated by Edmund Burke, a pro-colonial Irish-British politician | |||
== Founding documents & political philosophies == | == Founding documents & political philosophies == | ||