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* Protestant Reformation propels European nationalism | * Protestant Reformation propels European nationalism | ||
* Henry VIII’s break from Catholic Church & create Church of England ("Anglican church") | * Henry VIII’s break from Catholic Church & create Church of England ("Anglican church") | ||
* 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 | ||
'''DETAILS''' | '''DETAILS''' | ||
=== Protestant Reformation === | |||
* creates conflict between Catholics & protestants | |||
* Protestant Reformation propels European nationalism | |||
=== Henry VIII === | |||
* Henry VIII’s break from Catholic Church & create Church of England ("Anglican church") | |||
** the break ensures English-Spanish/French competition / wars | |||
=== Thirty Years War, 1618-1648 === | === Thirty Years War, 1618-1648 === | ||
* European war between Catholic and protestant nations & regions, mostly in central Europe | * European war between Catholic and protestant nations & regions, mostly in central Europe | ||
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* headright system was mostly used in central Atlantic colonies | * headright system was mostly used in central Atlantic colonies | ||
** system was used must less in New England | ** system was used must less in New England | ||
=== colony of Maryland === | === colony of Maryland === | ||
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=== British colonial population growth=== | === British colonial population growth & demographics=== | ||
** 1625: 2,000 | ** 1625: 2,000 | ||
** 1775: 2.4 million | ** 1775: 2.4 million | ||
* from 1530-1680 200,000 immigrants arrived to the colonies | * from 1530-1680 200,000 immigrants arrived to the colonies | ||
* of approx 500,000 European migrants to the American colonies before 1775, approx: | |||
** 55,000 were prisoners | |||
** 215,000 came as indentured servants | |||
*** 75% of those were under the age of 25 | |||
**** most of the indentured children were related to the sponsor | |||
* demographic impact | * demographic impact | ||
** increasing diversity of migrants from England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany | ** increasing diversity of migrants from England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany | ||
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** headright system & indentured servitude led to diverse economic class | ** headright system & indentured servitude led to diverse economic class | ||
** African slavery | ** African slavery | ||
** 1630-1770s, 1/2 to 2/3rds of European migrants to the American colonies came as indentured servants | ** 1630-1770s, 1/2 to 2/3rds of European migrants to the American colonies came as indentured servants | ||
* see | |||
https://web.viu.ca/davies/H320/population.colonies.htm | ** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indentured_servitude#North_America | ||
** https://web.viu.ca/davies/H320/population.colonies.htm | |||
* '''Joint-stock company''' | * '''Joint-stock company''' | ||
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=== Bacon's Rebellion === | === Bacon's Rebellion === | ||
=== slavery === | === slavery === | ||
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**** known as the "Second Atlantic system" was focused on Caribbean destinations | |||
***** slave trade grew in American colonies in 1670s, especially in Carolina and Georgia colonies | |||
**** coincided with Indian slavery in Carolinas and Georgia | |||
***** between 1670 and 1715 an estimated 24,000-51,000 Native Americans were shipped to Caribbean sugar plantations from South Carolina | |||
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'''BIG IDEAS''' | '''BIG IDEAS''' |
Revision as of 17:00, 25 October 2021
US History timeline & concept chart: American colonies 17th & mid-18th centuries
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Index
Page structure & format guide
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 Protestant Reformation[edit | edit source]
Henry VIII[edit | edit source]
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]
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 & demographics[edit | edit source]
“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]>> to do
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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 |