US History timeline & concept chart: 16th-18th centuries (to 1754) British-American colonies: Difference between revisions
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* 1517 Protestant Reformation<br> | * 1517 Protestant Reformation<br><br> | ||
* 1527 Henry VIII separates from Catholic Church<br> | * 1527 Henry VIII separates from Catholic Church<br><br> | ||
* 1642–1651 English Civil War<br> | * 1642–1651 English Civil War<br><br> | ||
* 1649-1653 Oliver Cromwell & the Commonwealth of England (Protestant rule)<br> | * 1649-1653 Oliver Cromwell & the Commonwealth of England (Protestant rule)<br><br> | ||
* 1649 Maryland Toleration Act (religious tolerance)<br> | * 1649 Maryland Toleration Act (religious tolerance)<br><br> | ||
* 1661 "English Restoration" of Charles II | * 1661 "English Restoration" of Charles II<br><br> | ||
* 1688-1689: Glorious Revolution | |||
* 1688-1689: Glorious Revolution | ** Catholic James II deposed & replaced by protestant rulers William & Mary<br><br> | ||
* 1688-1689 Tolerance Act of 1688 & English Bill of Rights of 1689 <br><br> | |||
* 1688-1689 Tolerance Act of 1688 & English Bill of Rights of 1689 | |||
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'''Martin Luther & Protestant Reformation'''<br><br> | |||
'''English Civil War'''<br><br> | |||
'''Religious conflict & persecution as push factor on migration to colonial America'''<br><br> | |||
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* Protestant Reformation creates conflict between Catholics & protestants | |||
* Protestant Reformation propels European nationalism | * Protestant Reformation propels European nationalism | ||
* Henry VIII’s break from Catholic Church ensures English-Spanish competition / wars | * Henry VIII’s break from Catholic Church & create Church of England ("Anglican church") | ||
** the break ensures English-Spanish/French competition / wars | |||
* Protestant movements diverge into sects and opposing theologies | |||
* Rhode Island was started by Puritan Roger Williams who was exiled from Massachusetts | * Rhode Island was started by Puritan Roger Williams who was exiled from Massachusetts | ||
** Williams named Rhode Island "Providence Plantation" and established religious tolerance | ** Williams named Rhode Island "Providence Plantation" and established religious tolerance | ||
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*** after the English Restoration, Rhode Island welcomed Quakers, Jews and others seeking religious liberty | *** after the English Restoration, Rhode Island welcomed Quakers, Jews and others seeking religious liberty | ||
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* during English Civil War American colonialists were divided in loyalties | === Thirty Years War, 1618-1648 === | ||
* European war between Catholic and protestant nations & regions, mostly in central Europe | |||
** tremendous negative impact on European populations & economies | |||
*** estimates of 4.5 to 8 milllion dead (some parts of Germany suffered 50% population declines) | |||
** 1648 Peace of Westphalia | |||
*** terms of settlement indirectly established principles of "national sovereignty" and "non-interference" | |||
**** see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westphalian_sovereignty Westphalian sovereignty (wikipedia)] | |||
*** created independent Dutch state (freed from control by Spain) | |||
*** France, which joined the war late, was empowered | |||
*** weakening of Spain | |||
*** England largely free of involvement or impact of 30 Years War | |||
** impact on American colonies | |||
*** shift in European balance of power from Spain & Portugal to England, France & Netherlands | |||
**** competition for American colonial possessions increased | |||
*** increase in slave trade to include Dutch, French and English | |||
=== English Civil War, 1642–1651=== | |||
* during English Civil War American colonialists were divided in loyalties to Parliament or King | |||
** Puritan colonies, especially Massachusetts, aligned with the Parliamentarians | ** Puritan colonies, especially Massachusetts, aligned with the Parliamentarians | ||
*** with the Parliamentarian victory, some Puritan colonialists returned to England | *** with the Parliamentarian victory, some Puritan colonialists returned to England |
Revision as of 16:51, 25 October 2021
US History timeline & concept chart: American colonies 17th & mid-18th centuries
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U.S. History course pages:
Article objectives[edit | edit source]
- exploration & colonialism motives & purposes
- role of domestic Britain conditions and choices in American colonialism
- especially religious & political conflict, population & economic growth
- regional, economic, and demographic aspects of colonial expansion
- timeline up to the French-Indian War (1754)
Protestant Reformation, European political and religious conflicts & impact on American colonies[edit | edit source]
PERIOD / TIMELINE | Major Events, Concepts & Themes | Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events |
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Martin Luther & Protestant Reformation English Civil War Religious conflict & persecution as push factor on migration to colonial America |
BIG IDEAS
DETAILS Thirty Years War, 1618-1648[edit | edit source]
English Civil War, 1642–1651[edit | edit source]
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British exploration and early settlements[edit | edit source]
PERIOD / TIMELINE | Major Events, Concepts & Themes | Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events |
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>> to do |
BIG IDEAS
DETAILS Early British explorations of North America[edit | edit source]
Tobacco economy[edit | edit source]
headright system[edit | edit source]
population growth & demographics of early colonists[edit | edit source]
colony of Maryland[edit | edit source]
British governance of early colonies[edit | edit source]
Royal charters & mercantilism[edit | edit source]
Dominion of New England[edit | edit source]
Salutary neglect[edit | edit source]
click EXPAND for excerpt from Burke's speech to Parliament in 1775: “That I know that the colonies in general owe little or nothing to any care of ours, and that they are not squeezed into this happy form by the constraints of watchful and suspicious government, but that, through a wise and salutary neglect, a generous nature has been suffered to take her own way to perfection; when I reflect upon these effects, when I see how profitable they have been to us, I feel all the pride of power sink, and all presumption in the wisdom of human contrivances melt, and die away within me.” |
Early British North American colonization[edit | edit source]
PERIOD / TIMELINE | Major Events, Concepts & Themes | Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events | ||
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British colonial population growth
Push / Pull factors
Joint Stock Company
Headright System
Indentured servants
Separatists (religious)
John Winthrop & "city upon a hill"
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BIG IDEAS
DETAILS British colonial population growth[edit | edit source]
https://web.viu.ca/davies/H320/population.colonies.htm
“IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We… Do by these Presents, solemnly and mutually, in the Presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid: And by Virtue hereof do enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions, and Officers, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general Good of the Colony; unto which we promise all due Submission and Obedience …”
click EXPAAND for Bradford's account of the cicada outbreak of 1633: "It is to be observed that, the spring before this sickness, there was a numerous company of Flies which were like for bigness unto wasps or Bumble-Bees; they came out of little holes in the ground, and did eat up the green things, and made such a constant yelling noise as made the woods ring of them, and ready to deafen the hearers; they were not any seen or heard by the English in this country before this time; but the Indians told them that sickness would follow, and so it did, very hot, in the months of June, July, and August of that summer."
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Southern colonial economies & demographics[edit | edit source]
PERIOD / TIMELINE | Major Events, Concepts & Themes | Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events |
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cash crops[edit | edit source]plantation economy[edit | edit source]coastal elites[edit | edit source]
backcountry farmers[edit | edit source]
Bacon's Rebellion[edit | edit source]slavery[edit | edit source] |
BIG IDEAS
DETAILS
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Colonial slavery[edit | edit source]
PERIOD / TIMELINE | Major Events, Concepts & Themes | Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events |
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subtitle[edit | edit source] |
BIG IDEAS DETAILS
slavery & slave culture
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New England colonial expansion[edit | edit source]
PERIOD / TIMELINE | Major Events, Concepts & Themes | Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events | |
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subtitle[edit | edit source] |
BIG IDEAS
DETAILS
>> see Taylor on 1/4th of Boston freeman had ownership of a ship |
central colonies[edit | edit source]
PERIOD / TIMELINE | Major Events, Concepts & Themes | Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events |
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subtitle[edit | edit source] |
BIG IDEAS DETAILS
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Colonial wars[edit | edit source]
War Timeline | Colonial name | European name | Consequence | |
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1675-1763 |
"French & Indian Wars" include:
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BIG IDEAS
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1675–1678 | King Philip's War | n/a - independent of European conflicts or involvement |
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1688–1697 | King William's War |
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1702–1713 | Queen Anne's War | War of the Spanish Succession |
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1722–1725 | Dumner's War |
n/a - colonial war
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1739 | War of Jenkin's Ear |
n/a - colonial conflict
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1744–1748 | King George's War | War of the Austrian Succession |
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1754–1763 | French-Indian War | Seven Years' War | to be discussed in subsequent timeline & concepts chart |