COLONIAL AMERICA

Colonial Evolution in the 18th Century

Ana Yurena Manzano Garca Rosana Villares Maldonado

Index
Introduction: Territories, Economy and Society. Internal Cultural Conflicts: Enlightenment. The Great Awakening. Imperial Wars: King Georges War. Seven Years War.

Conclusion.

INTRODUCTION: FRENCH TERRITORIES

INTRODUCTION: SPANISH TERRITORIES

INTRODUCTION: ENGLISH TERRITORIES

INTRODUCTION: ECONOMY
MERCANTILISTS EMPIRES IN AMERICA
Mercantilism. Navigation Acts and its effects by 1750. Limited imperial trade to British-owned ships. Navigation Acts forbidden the colonies exports of

good (unless England and Scotland). Encouraged economic diversification. Enrich the American Colonies. French colonies: They lost money with the fur trade. Spanish colonies: Smuggling goods.

INTRODUCTION: SOCIETY
IMMIGRATION DURING 18TH CENTURY

ORIGIN
Spanish colonies French colonies British colonies Enslaved Africans Ireland Germany

POPULATION
19,000 60,000 1,1 million Largest group of newcomers 100,000 65,000

INTRODUCTION: SOCIETY
THE RISE OF THE COLONIAL ELITES
17th Century: class structure was no visible. Wealth defined status (man and wife). 18th Century: Main categories: The Great gentry. The lesser gentry. The middle class farmers. Colonial cities: poor urban underclass.

INTRODUCTION: SOCIETY
ELITES AND COLONIAL POLITICS
The colonial elite dominated politics as well as society. Political leadership: wealthy families with a tradition of

public service. Conditions to vote: Men had to own land and properties. Women, blacks and Indians excluded. Political indifference (rural areas, no political parties). Political life only flourished in the major seaports. Political development: the rise of the assembly.

INTERNAL CULTURAL CONFLICTS

ENLIGHTENMENT: It is a movement characterized by a faith in reason and an appreciation of natural science. THE GREAT AWAKENING: It is a religious movement that pulsed across Protestant Europe in the 1730s and 1740s.

INTERNAL CULTURAL CONFLICTS: ENLIGHTENMENT

American intellectuals. Faith in reason and the appreciation of natural

science. Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. It flourishes in the seaboard cities. John Locke: Rational religion. Fear Christianitys excesses.

INTERNAL CULTURAL CONFLICTS: THE GREAT AWAKENING

Ordinary people. A revival religious movement. Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield, Gilbert

Tennent. Division of American Protestantism: New Lights.

INTERNAL CULTURAL CONFLICTS: THE GREAT AWAKENING

Long-term effects: Decline in the influence of older sects. Founding of new colleges. African Americans and Native Americans were

drew to Protestantism. Women prominence in colonial religion. Religious tolerance.

IMPERIAL WARS: THE SEVEN YEARS WAR (1756-1763)

Virtual state of war

between France and Britain. First years France won. In 1758 the situation changed for Britain (William Pitt). In 1760 the French resistance ended.

IMPERIAL WARS: THE SEVEN YEARS WAR (1756-1763)

Treaty of Paris of 1763. Territories after the

war: Britain. Spain. France. Proclamation line of 1763.

CONCLUSION
Cultural Conflicts: Enlightenment and The Great

Awakening. Imperial Wars: King Georges War and Seven Years War.

These are some of the causes of the tensions between the colonies and the British Empire that will end into the American Revolution.