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Colonial Empires and the American Revolution Ch. 10.4
Colonial Empires and the American
RevolutionCh. 10.4
Objectives
Explain how the colonies of Latin America and British North America were developing in ways that differed from their European mother countries.
Analyze why the American colonies revolted against Great Britain and formed a new nation.
Colonial Empires in Latin America
Portugal = Brazil
Spain = -Parts of North America
-Central America
-Most of South America
Latin America
Colonial Empires in Latin America (continued)
Multicultural society:
mestizos – European + native offspring
Mulattoes – European + African offspring
Economic Foundations of Latin America
1. Gold & Silver
2. Farming
-large farms (haciendas)
*sugar, tobacco, diamonds, animal hides
State & Church
a. Spanish & Portuguese established constables/consulates.
-established policies & operated gov.
*SPACIAL NECESSITY*
State & Church
a. Christianization
*How can we Christianize a people??
-missionaries
-churches
-schools
Dependency Theory
low levels of development in less developed countries spring from their dependence on the advanced economies
Dominican Republic
Uruguay
Peru
El Salvador
Guatemala
Nicaragua
The American Revolution
Britain
Goal(s):
increase TRADE & INDUSTRY
How??
-expand empire
India, N. America
13 Colonies (regarding G.B. trade)
A. Agriculture & Industry
Northern Colonies =
-lumber, shipbuilding, textiles, paper making, ironwork
Southern Colonies =
-cotton, tobacco
Causes of Revolution
British need $$$!!!!!!!
- 7 years war = expensive
How would Great Britain make some $?
*TAX THE COLONIES*
-believed that the war occurred in North America to protect colonies from French invasion
Causes of Revolution
A.The Stamp Act (1765)
-stamp placed on all printed material in circulation
*had to buy stamp from G.B.
The War Begins
A.First Continental Congress
Philadelphia (Sept. 1776)
“take up arms against British”
Battle of Lexington &
(the Ride of Paul Revere)
Other routes
*Battle boosts support from colonial population*
The American Revolution
B. Second Continental Congress
-Declaration of Independence
Second Continental
Declaration of Independence
(Thomas Jefferson)
John Adams & Ben Franklin=
-ambassadors to France
George Washington=
-General of Continental Army
Foreign Support &
1.) French
à supplied troops, $$, and guns
2.) Spanish & Dutch
à naval support
ßMarquis de Lafayette
The Siege of Fort Ticonderoga
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Charleston
Battle of Camden
Battle of Yorktown
Birth of a New Nation
13 Colonies = 13 non-unified states
-different laws
-different currencies
-different economies
-different social views
ex.) Slavery
Articles of Confederation
Weaknesses of Articles of Confederation
The ConstitutionConstitutional convention (1787)
= 55 delegates
*wanted to fix articles*
-threw out articles of confed.
Federal System – power shared between national & state gov.
Federal Government
3 branches:
Legislative, Executive, Judicial
Powers: -levy taxes
-raise an army
-regulate trade
-create currency
The Bill of Rights
-helped to pass Constitution
1st 10 Amendments of the Constitution:
-BILL OF RIGHTS
Homework
Section 10.4
Read section 4
