US History timeline & concept chart: 16th-18th centuries (to 1754) British-American colonies: Difference between revisions
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'''DETAILS''' | '''DETAILS''' | ||
=== Protestant Reformation === | === Protestant Reformation === | ||
* | * subsequent conflict between Catholics & protestants | ||
* Protestant Reformation propels European nationalism | ** Thirty Years War | ||
** French genocide of Huguenots (protestants) | |||
* Protestant Reformation propels European nationalism | |||
** printing of the Bible in local dialects | |||
** religious self-identity has political implications on notions of self-rule | |||
=== | === Church of England & Protestantism in England === | ||
* Henry VIII’s break from Catholic Church & create Church of England ("Anglican church") | * 1534 Henry VIII’s break from Catholic Church & create Church of England ("Anglican church") | ||
** the break ensures English-Spanish/French competition / wars | ** the break ensures English-Spanish/French competition / wars | ||
* Protestant objections to centralized Church of England doctrine leads to the splinter religious dissenters known generally as "'''Separatists'''" and "'''Puritans'''" and their offshoots, including | |||
** Brownists | |||
*** followers of Robert Browne in 1550s who were among the first separatists who opposed the Church of England | |||
*** most of the pilgrims on the 1620 Mayflower were Brownists | |||
** Quakers (who would settle in Pennsylvania) | |||
** Levelers -- arose during the English Civil War: | |||
*** believed in popular sovereignty and religious tolerance | |||
*** behaved like populists with speeches, pamphlets, rallies, etc. | |||
** Anabaptists (opposed infant baptism; included Amish and Mennonite movements) | |||
=== 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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*** increase in slave trade to include Dutch, French and English | *** increase in slave trade to include Dutch, French and English | ||
=== English Civil War, 1642–1651=== | === English Civil War, 1642–1651=== | ||
* extremely violent, disruptive period across the British Isles, hundreds of thousands of deaths from combat | |||
* "Royalists" (also called "Cavaliers") v. "Parliamentarians" (also called "Roundheads") | * "Royalists" (also called "Cavaliers") v. "Parliamentarians" (also called "Roundheads") | ||
* Royalists supported Charles I's attempts to consolidate power over Parliament | * Royalists supported Charles I's attempts to consolidate power over Parliament | ||
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* religious disagreement contributed to tensions | * religious disagreement contributed to tensions | ||
** in 1625 Charles married a Catholic, Henrietta Maria (Queen Mary), upsetting protestants who feared Catholicism | ** in 1625 Charles married a Catholic, Henrietta Maria (Queen Mary), upsetting protestants who feared Catholicism | ||
** royalists supported the King has head of the Church, as well as accommodation of Catholicism in Ireland and Scotland | *** royalists supported the King has head of the Church, as well as accommodation of Catholicism in Ireland and Scotland | ||
** Parliamentarians wanted a more "presbyterian" church whose hierarchy was separate from the monarchy | ** Parliamentarians wanted a more "presbyterian" church whose hierarchy was separate from the monarchy | ||
*** they accused Charles of being | *** they accused Charles of being sympathetic to Catholicism and of trying to re-impose Catholic forms and perhaps Catholicism itself | ||
* historians divide the English Civil War into three periods (not our concern here) | * historians divide the English Civil War into three periods (not our concern here) | ||
** 1649 execution of Charles I | ** 1649 execution of Charles I | ||
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* Parliament's victory ensured the English "constitutional" monarchy over the French form of absolute monarchy | |||
* while parliament reinforced is powers and its status as representative of the people, | |||
** the monarchy's reinstatement after the Commonwealth meant that Britain and its colonies would remain under a monarchy | |||
* England remained dominantly protestant | |||
* anti-Catholicism would remain strong among British protestants both at home and in the colonies | |||
** American colonial anti-Catholicism drove colonial identity and served as a catalyst for American Revolution following British take-over of French-Canadian Catholic provinces in Canada | |||
** just as British rule of Catholic Ireland created religious tensions & resentments, eventual British colonial rule of Catholic Quebec, Canada, created religious tensions and resentments in the 13 American colonies | |||
=== English Civil War impact on American colonies === | === English Civil War impact on American colonies === | ||
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**** a protestant settlement at Horn Point on the Severn River skirmished with Lord Baltimore's forces | **** a protestant settlement at Horn Point on the Severn River skirmished with Lord Baltimore's forces | ||
*** in 1658 Lord Baltimore regained control and an amnesty was declared | *** in 1658 Lord Baltimore regained control and an amnesty was declared | ||
** See: [[wikipedia:History_of_religion_in_the_United_States|History of Religion in the United States (wikipedia)]] | |||
=== Glorious Revolution & English Bill or Rights & Tolerance Act === | |||
* 1688-1689 "Glorious Revolution" | |||
* after the restoration of Charles II and his death, James II attempted to impose authoritarian rule as had Charles I | |||
** James II was Catholic | |||
** he was deposed in 1688 (and tried to raise an army to take over England but failed) | |||
* the Dutch prince, William of Orange, invaded and took the crown as co-regent with Mary II, daughter of James II | |||
** Mary was an Anglican and not a Catholic as was her father | |||
* | * Parliament passed: | ||
** | ** the '''Tolerance Act of 1688''' | ||
*** affirmed religious rights to non-conformist protestants | |||
** English '''Bill of Rights of 1689''' | |||
*** clarified royal succession & protected certain rights of citizens | |||
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Revision as of 18:35, 25 October 2021
US History timeline & concept chart: American colonies 17th & mid-18th centuries
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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
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BIG IDEAS
DETAILS Protestant Reformation[edit | edit source]
Church of England & Protestantism in England[edit | edit source]
Thirty Years War, 1618-1648[edit | edit source]
English Civil War, 1642–1651[edit | edit source]
Significance of English Civil War[edit | edit source]
English Civil War impact on American colonies[edit | edit source]
Glorious Revolution & English Bill or Rights & Tolerance Act[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 |