The British and French Empires

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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 (1600-1660)

• Tightening Control (1660-1689)– The Dominion of New England

• Salutary Neglect (1689-1763)

• 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 (1689-1697) – Indecisive

• Queen Anne’s War (1702-1713) – Capture of Acadia

• King George’s War (1744-1748) – Capture of Louisbourg

• French and Indian War (1754-1763)

The French and Indian War (1754-63)

• Outbreak of War

• French Stomp on the British (1754-1758)– Braddock’s Defeat--1755– Montcalm

• British Stomp on the French (1758-1763)– 1759--Fall of Quebec– 1760--The Iroquois Defect

The Treaty of Paris (1763)

• English take Canada

• Spain takes Louisiana

• France regains lost sugar islands