Politics :
-colonies are dependent to the British
Crown (doc.
2)
—> they are governed by a governor usually appointed by
King (doc. 4)
—> the legislative power proceeds from Parliament but the colonists have some political independence = the assembly in each colony is elected on a democratic basis; and we can notice than more men can vote in the colonies than in England: about 60% VS about 20%) (doc. 4)
-the colonists are politicized = they talk about politics
Inhabitants :
-diversity of inhabitants
—› colonists from
European origin (English,
Scots,Germans, Dutch, Irish, Swiss, French, some Africans..)
Voir DIAPO"Ethnic settlement patterns"
—> slaves (from Africa)
—› Indians (Creeks, for example)
-› voir carte des Natives
Economic activities and wealth :
-colonies have a striving economy and are considered wealthy by the Crown
= Eighteenth-century colonial merchants and planters created and inherited wealth so vast that their predecessors scarcely could have comprehended it. (doc. 1)
--› different activities (tobacco, fish, shipyards, commercial trade) (doc. 5)
--> wealthy ports and city (Philadelphia, Boston) (doc.5,6)
Religion :
-religious diversity
-> Catholics
-> Anglicans
-> Other protestant sects:
Presbyterians, Quakers..
-> Jews...
CONCLUSION:
-from a political point of view, the 13 Colonies are dependent, but they elect their own assemblies (even if colonial laws proceed from the British law) and the right to vote is more widespread than in England and the colonists are politicized
-> The British government's position was that Parliament's authority was unlimited, while the American position was that colonial legislatures were coequal with Parliament (colonists considered that, as British subject, they had the right to be represented).
-from a social point of view : a wide diversity of inhabitants and a religious diversity (more diverse than in Great Britain)
-from a economic point of view: the colonies are wealthy thanks to commercial trade with the Antilles and with Europe
two opposite sides
side 1: americans, british citizens from the Thirteen Colonies Colonist Patriot
Organized in militia
Side 2 British Troops (the Red Coats) Professional Soldiers
Regular Army
1607 1st colony
1732 last colony
Virginia(1607)
Massachussets(1620)
New Hampshire(1623)
Maryland(1634)
Connecticut( around 1635)
Rhode Island(1636)
Delaware(1638)
19 april 1775 American Revolutionary War at Lexington
Politics :
-colonies are dependent to the British
Crown (doc.
2)
—> they are governed by a governor usually appointed by
King (doc. 4)
—> the legislative power proceeds from Parliament but the colonists have some political independence = the assembly in each colony is elected on a democratic basis; and we can notice than more men can vote in the colonies than in England: about 60% VS about 20%) (doc. 4)
-the colonists are politicized = they talk about politics
Inhabitants :
-diversity of inhabitants
—› colonists from
European origin (English,
Scots,Germans, Dutch, Irish, Swiss, French, some Africans..)
Voir DIAPO"Ethnic settlement patterns"
—> slaves (from Africa)
—› Indians (Creeks, for example)
-› voir carte des Natives
Economic activities and wealth :
-colonies have a striving economy and are considered wealthy by the Crown
= Eighteenth-century colonial merchants and planters created and inherited wealth so vast that their predecessors scarcely could have comprehended it. (doc. 1)
--› different activities (tobacco, fish, shipyards, commercial trade) (doc. 5)
--> wealthy ports and city (Philadelphia, Boston) (doc.5,6)
Religion :
-religious diversity
-> Catholics
-> Anglicans
-> Other protestant sects:
Presbyterians, Quakers..
-> Jews...
CONCLUSION:
-from a political point of view, the 13 Colonies are dependent, but they elect their own assemblies (even if colonial laws proceed from the British law) and the right to vote is more widespread than in England and the colonists are politicized
-> The British government's position was that Parliament's authority was unlimited, while the American position was that colonial legislatures were coequal with Parliament (colonists considered that, as British subject, they had the right to be represented).
-from a social point of view : a wide diversity of inhabitants and a religious diversity (more diverse than in Great Britain)
-from a economic point of view: the colonies are wealthy thanks to commercial trade with the Antilles and with Europe
two opposite sides
side 1: americans, british citizens from the Thirteen Colonies Colonist Patriot
Organized in militia
Side 2 British Troops (the Red Coats) Professional Soldiers
Regular Army
1607 1st colony
1732 last colony
Virginia(1607)
Massachussets(1620)
New Hampshire(1623)
Maryland(1634)
Connecticut( around 1635)
Rhode Island(1636)
Delaware(1638)
19 april 1775 American Revolutionary War at Lexington
