APUSH Unit 1 Essays

-repressed -caught many foreign diseases that rampaged through their villages -persecuted when they refused to convert (a power struggle for Europeans trying to get proud indians to submit)

gained many slaves, money, lands, and power by controlling the New World and being the major force in the area

-After wars left Europe in ruin, Europe was desperate for money -wars drained countries money supply, many men were killed -daily life was altered -more hardships were faced

-religious freedom -an escape from Anglicanism -explore business opportunities (make money)

1630, Puritans experienced the Great Migration after facing much persecution and traveled to New England looking for a place of refuge. The MA Bay colony eventually became the center of English settlement and came to include many towns in New England

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Fewer indentured servants were arriving at the same time that slaves became easier to import (due to the Royal African Company)

After the Great Migration ended they developed the halfway covenant to increase church attendance and revive religious fervor

Berkley refused to allow Bacon to authorize the attacking of Indians he over threw Berkley and forced him to legitimize his authority- afterwards this region became dedicated to black slavery because both sides of the rebellion wanted cheap labor

in retaliation to the South Carolina Negro Acts - slave relations in the South changed with whites feeling the need to protect themselves

Leisler was disgruntled with the government seized control - for two decades after Leisler's disposal there remained a struggle between the people who disliked English rule and those who had opposed the takeover

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-Crown appointed a governor who was bound to strict royal instructions which acted as king working with lower and upper classes -king appointed judges -board of trade could disallow colonial laws and could appoint high officials

-Great Awakening causes a surge of religious enthusiasm and undermined traditional conceptions of authority - disobedience wouldn't necessarily lead to damnation -Enlightenment caused colonists to believe that if they could understand the workings of the universe, they could then control their earthly destinies - Americans invested more in learning

After the French-Indian War, England became fed up with taking care of America without America following the rules and paying for taxes, thus England began to tax America more strictly which ultimately led to the American Revolution

-Proclamation of 1763 (Americans wanted to expand) -Sugar Act (Americans thought Parliament didn't have the right to tax) -\"No taxation without representation\" -Stamp Act (thought England had no right to tax) -Quartering Act -Soldiers were sent to control Indians while also monitoring colonists -Declaratory Act -Townshend Acts (Americans thought it was unconstitutional) -Boston Massacre -Tea Act (again with taxing) -Coercive Acts (thought they were unjust, punishing community for acts of individuals)

-\"No taxation without representation\" -Stamp Act was invasion of the \"Rights of Englishmen\" -Townshend Acts were unconstitutional

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Consisted of two parts: the first part justified the abstract right of any people to revolt and described the theory on which Americans based their creation of a new, republican government; the second part consisted of a bill of indictment explaining why the colonists felt driven to exercise the rights outlined in the first part