The British and French Empires
Economic Growth and Empire Mercantilist Theory Mercantilist Regulations Prosperity Colonial Dependence Urbanization –Philadelphia in 1759
Colonial Gentry
Monticello (Georgian Architecture)
Cultural and Religious Transformation Prosperity Gentility Age of Enlightenment –Benjamin Franklin Publisher, Scientist, Inventor, Lending Libraries, Fire Brigades, etc.
Benjamin Franklin and the Glass Harmonica
A Dwindling Fire The Halfway Covenant and the Crisis of Puritanism The Salem Witch Trials –24 Dead (19 by execution)
George Whitefield, Father of Revivalism
Religious Changes (First Great Awakening, 1730s-60s) A wave of revivalism Inspiration: George Whitefield's Revivals North: Jonathon Edwards. “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” New vs. Old Lights Southern Baptists
The Development of Colonial Government Early Period ( ) Tightening Control ( ) –The Dominion of New England Salutary Neglect ( ) Divergence of Political Theory –Virtual vs. Actual Representation
Roots of Conflict French Expansionism The Glorious Revolution Spilling Over Indian Involvement
A Century of War Changing Relations Stronger Ties and Problems Changes in Britain
Modern Depiction of French Soldier and Indian Warrior (Huron)
French and Indian War Troops
The Colonial Wars King William’s War ( ) –Indecisive Queen Anne’s War ( ) –Capture of Acadia King George’s War ( ) –Capture of Louisbourg French and Indian War ( )
The French and Indian War ( ) Outbreak of War French Stomp on the British ( ) –Braddock’s Defeat –Montcalm British Stomp on the French ( ) –1759--Fall of Quebec –1760--The Iroquois Defect
The Treaty of Paris (1763) English take Canada Spain takes Louisiana France regains lost sugar islands