This Day in History

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This Day in History

• August 5th, 1884 - The cornerstone for the Statue
  of Liberty was placed.

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Growth and Controlling the ColoniesChap 1-3
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• I. Imperialism
• Explore or Conquer?
• 1. Mercantilism- Made mother country rich, care
  little for the colonies rights

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• II. Colonies Grow (Age of Imperialism begins)
• A.1st Colonies
• 1. 1565, Spain establishes St. Augustine (oldest
  European settlement in North America)

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• 2. Jamestown (1607), 1st English Colony (1609 1st
  self-elected legislature in colonies, House of
  Burgesses.)
• 3. 1608, France establishes 1st Colony, Quebec.

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• B. Immigration (many countries)

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• C. Immigrants
• 1. indentured servants.(work for passage)

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• 2. Slavery - Triangular trade increased need for
  labor (slave labor growing)

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This Day in history

• Aug 6th, 1945 US drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima

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• III. Enlightenment
• John Locke
• Social Theory(1690) people have natural rights
  by god, not by monarchs. (Natural Rights)
• Right to overthrow Government if it does not
  protect rights.

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• B. Montesquieu
• 1. Separation of Powers (Checks and Balances.)

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• C. Ben Franklin
• Inventor
• writer
• Politician

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• IV. Great Awakening
• Rise of the Church
• All men equal under god challenges authority.

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• V. French and Indian War
• Europe Conflict 1689-1748
• War comes to colonies 1754-1763

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• B. Tide of War
• 1754-1757 even
• 1758 English, cut off French shipping.
• 1759 British capture Quebec

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• C. Results (Treaty of Paris 1763)
• 1. France loses all claims East of the
  Mississippi River. (including Canada)

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• 2. GB is strongest country in the world.
• 3. GB has huge debts.
• 4. GB uses war as an excuse to increase control
  over the colonies. (trade, taxes, Proclamation of
  1763)