This Day in History

August 5th, 1884 - The cornerstone for the Statue of

Liberty was placed.

Growth and Controlling the ColoniesChap 1-3

I. ImperialismA.Explore or Conquer?1. Mercantilism- Made mother country rich, care little for the

colonies rights

II. Colonies Grow (Age of Imperialism begins)

A.1st Colonies

1. 1565, Spain establishes St. Augustine (oldest European settlement in North America)

2. Jamestown (1607), 1st English Colony (1609 1st self-elected legislature in colonies, House of Burgesses.)

3. 1608, France establishes 1st Colony, Quebec.

B. Immigration (many countries)

C. Immigrants

1. indentured servants.(work for passage)

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

This Day in history

Aug 6th, 1945 US drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima

III. Enlightenment

A.John Locke

1. “Social Theory”(1690) people have natural rights by god, not by monarchs. (Natural Rights)

2. Right to overthrow Government if it does not protect rights.

B. Montesquieu

1. Separation of Powers (Checks and Balances.)

C. Ben Franklin

1. Inventor

2.writer

3.Politician

IV. Great Awakening

A.Rise of the Church

1.All men equal under god challenges authority.

V. French and Indian War

A.Europe Conflict 1689-1748

1.War comes to colonies 1754-1763

B. Tide of War

1.1754-1757 even

2.1758 English, cut off French shipping.

3.1759 British capture Quebec

C. Results (Treaty of Paris 1763)

1. France loses all claims East of the Mississippi River. (including Canada)

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)