Kareli Rodriguez-Rodriguez - The Seven Years War and the Great Awakening Cr - 8080974
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The Seven Years War and the Great Awakening: Crash Course US History #5
1.
Define and explain the policy of
mercantilism
Mercantilism was the idea that the government should regulate the economy in order to increase national power.
This led to encouraging local production through tari±s and monopolies and also trying to ensure a favorable balance of trade.
Colonies provided raw materials and those were used to make materials which the mother country could sell, which were a great way
to make production local and avoid buying from foreign places.
2.
Why was slavery so essential to the colonies?
Cash Crops like tobacco and sugar were big for the colonies and they were farmed by slaves, making them essential for the colonies
economy. Also slaves were being shipped in a triangle shape through the Atlantic to the Americas and Europe.
3.
Explain the causes of the
Seven Years War
(Historical Thinking Skill: Causation)
In 1749, the Governor of Virginia gave a huge land grant to the Ohio Company, which was a real estate development firm made to
benefit the Governor of Virginia’s friends. Both the French and the Natives thought that this was wrong since they had rights to the
land. Then the Ohio Company asked the French to recognize their land grant, but the French refused, which led to territorial tensions
and then the war.
4.
Describe the results of the war
The war ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763, with Britain winning. One of the results of the war was territorial changes which
happened in the areas that didn’t belong to America. Britain got Canada from France and Florida from Spain and the French git
Guadalupe and Martinique, Caribbean sugar islands that were very valuable. Spain ended up with Cuba, which had an awesome sugar
trade and also the Philippines. With the shifting of the territories this led to the French leaving the Mississippi and Ohio River and
Valleys and the British taking over.
5.
How did the Seven Years War and its outcome a±ect Native Americans?
(Historical Thinking Skill: Causation)
The French were no longer in the Misssippi and Ohio River Valleys leaving the Natives to deal with the British who were good towards
them. The British wanted to move west, so the Natives had to fight back
6.
What was the purpose of the
Proclamation of 1763
? How did colonists respond?
To decrease tension between the two groups. The Proclamation of 1763 was saying that the settlers were not allowed to go over the
line and into Natives territory, this upset the colonists who had just fought a war to be able to claim that land. This was also the set u
7.
Explain the ideas of
Republicanism
and how they were interpreted in the colonies.
(Historical Thinking Skill: Complexity)
Initially Republicanism was supporting a government without a king, but in the colonies it had a di±erent meaning. They didn’t believe
that everyone was equal, but that property-owning citizens possessed “virtue”. “Virtue” was defined in the 18th century as a
willingness to subordinate one’s personal interests to the public good.
8.
Describe the
Great Awakening
.
The Great Awakening was a time when Americans went from being very religious to being extremely religious. This took place during
the early decade of the 18th century and it gave a revitalization to religion among the colonists. By the time of the great awakening
there was more religious diversity.
9.
How did this event lead to the
American Revolution
?
(Historical Thinking Skill: Causation)
The Great Awakening led to people criticizing not only the church hierarchies, but also di±erent aspects of colonial society because if
someone could criticize their religious leaders and norms then it didn’t make sense not to question the acts of Parliament who was an
ocean away, which led to the American Revolution.
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