AGE OF DISCOVERY COLUMBUS AMERIGO VESPUCCI LEIF ERICKSON REASONS ENGLAND - POLITICAL/RELIGIOUS SPAIN/PORTUGAL - ROUTE TO ASIA SPANISH IN AMERICA BROUGHT NO FAMILIES PENINSULARES NO PERMANENT SETTLEMENTS ZAMBO MESTIZO BLACK ST. AUGUSTINE FLORIDA CREOLE MULATTO PROTESTANT/RELIGIOUS REFORMATION MARTIN LUTHER HENRY VIII REASONS TO COME TO THE NEW WORLD RELIGION PURITANS PILGRIMS/SEPARATISTS POLITICAL JAMES I DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS CIVIL WAR/PURITANS VICTORIOUS ECONOMY UNEMPLOYMENT SPANISH GOLD INDENTURED SERVANTS INFLATION JAMESTOWN, VA 1607 MAYFLOWER 1620 MAYFLOWER COMPACT SUBMIT & OBIDE SELF GOVERNMENT MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY PURITANS - REMAINED IN ANGLICAN CHURCH JOHN WINTHROP - RELIGIOUS LEADER THEOCRACY RHODE ISLAND/ROGER WILLIAMS SEPARATION OF CHURCH & STATE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED VOTE - ADULT MALES FREE WORSHIP PEQUOT WAR 1635-7 DETERIORATED INDIAN-WHITE RELATIONS NEW ENGLAND COLONIES INDEPENDENT OF ONE ANOTHER ENGLISH/SCOTTISH ORIGINS SMALL FARMING COMMUNITIES RELIGION INDIANS GEOGRAPHY MIDDLE COLONIES PENNSYLVANIA - WILLIAM PENN PROPRIETARY COLONY DELEWARE NEW JERSEY GOOD FARMLAND LARGE FARMS QUAKERS RELIGIOUS TOLERATION SOUTHERN COLONIES MARYLAND CATHOLIC TOLERATION ACT 1649 CAROLINAS RIGID SOCIAL CLASS SYSTEM TOBACCO, RICE, INDIGO, COTTON DIVERSE ETHNICITY & FAITH GEORGIA BUFFER VS. SPANISH FLORIDA ENGLISH DEBTORS SLAVERY PLANTATIONS FRENCH IN AMERICA ST. LAWRENCE RIVER GREAT LAKES MISSISSIPPI RIVER GULF OF MEXICO/LOUISIANA MONTREAL/QUEBEC FUR TRADE INDIAN RELATIONS COUREURS DE BOIS PROFITS LOSS OF INDIAN WAY OF LIFE SMALL POPULATION FRENCH & INDIAN WAR 1754-1763 BRITISH ADVANTAGES 23:1 POPULATION WELL ESTAB. COLONIES GROUPED SETTLEMENTS FRENCH ADVANTAGES SINGLE GOVERNMENT INDIAN SUPPORT MOST POWERFUL NATION IN EUROPE GEORGE WASHINGTON INITIAL FAILURES WILLIAM PITT SPAIN ALLIES WITH FRANCE TREATY OF PARIS FLORIDA - BRITISH LOUISIANA - SPAIN POSITIVE RESULTS COLONIAL MILITIAS GAIN EXP COLONIST LEARN COOPERATION NEGATIVE EFFECT ECONOMIC BURDEN MERCANTILISM INCREASE POWER EXPLOIT COLONIES NEEDS LARGE ARMY/NAVY MORE MONEY FAVORABLE BALANCE OF TRADE SELF SUFFICIENT COLONIES PROVIDE RAW MATERIALS MARKETS FOR GOODS ENCOURAGE GROWTH OF FLEET PROBLEMS/RESTRICTIONS ON COLONIES MANUFACTURING SHIPPING SELLING ENUMERATED GOODS BUYING TARIFF/DUTY TRIANGULAR TRADE PROFIT FOR COLONIES COLONIES/AFRICA/WEST INDIES SALUTARY NEGLECT END REGULATION MERCANTILE LAWS ENFORCED RAISE MONEY WHY? PAY WAR DEBT PAY FOR DEFENSE OF EMPIRE PAY GOVERNING OFFICIALS GEORGE III HANOVER GERMAN KING INEFFECTIVE/STUBBORN NO CONCERN FOR COLONISTS COLONIES - BE LEFT ALONE BRITAIN - ENFORCED TAX LAWS PROCLAMATION 1763 SUGAR ACT 1764 CURRENCY ACT 1764 QUARTERING ACT 1765 STAMP ACT 1765 DIRECT/INDIRECT TAX TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION DECLARATORY ACT 1766 TOWNSHEND ACT 1767 TEA ACT WRITS OF ASSISTANCE PROTESTS SAMUEL ADAMS RESISTANCE NON IMPORTATION AGREEMENTS BOSTON MASSACRE 1770 CRISPUS ATTUCKS REPEALS TOWNSHEND ACT 1770 QUARTERING ACT PROTEST TEA ACT MONOPOLY - BRITISH EAST INDIA CO. BOSTON TEA PARTY 1773 RESULT = INTOLLERABLE ACTS CLOSED BOSTON HARBOR REVOKE MASS. CHARTER NEW QUARTERING ACT TRIAL IN ENGLAND QUEBEC ACT 1774 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOR FRENCH FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS MUTUAL SUPPORT NON IMPORTATION AGREEMENT NO EXPORTS TO BRITAIN MEET IN ONE YEAR LEXINGTON CONCORD 1775 PAUL REVERE