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US History concept chart major concepts & themes across US History: Difference between revisions
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* merit-based opportunity | * merit-based opportunity | ||
=== American colonial | === American colonial self-identity as British citizens === | ||
* American colonials perceived themselves as both British citizens and citizens of their local colonies | * American colonials perceived themselves as both British citizens and citizens of their local colonies | ||
* the British perceived the colonists as subjects | * the British perceived the colonists as subjects | ||
** = a key source of dispute between the British and the colonialists as to their political relationship | ** = a key source of dispute between the British and the colonialists as to their political relationship | ||
* local rule under colonial charters gave colonials a sense of entitlement and tradition of self-government | |||
** American colonists strongly objected to the reorganization of most northeastern colonies into the Dominion of New England in 1659 | |||
* citizens or subjects? | * citizens or subjects? | ||
* duty & responsibilities as British subjects | * duty & responsibilities as British subjects | ||
* self-governance or British-appointed governance | * self-governance or British-appointed governance | ||
* direct v. indirect representation | * direct v. indirect representation | ||
** indirect representation was the British idea that the King and the Parliament ruled on behalf of the American colonials as a parent governs a child | |||
* ''salutary neglect'' | * ''salutary neglect'' | ||
** = the idea that the American colonies had better progressed without British interference | ** = the idea that the American colonies had better progressed without British interference | ||
** | ** see | ||
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