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Road to Revolution
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Discussion Why do revolutions happen & spread?
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Freedom & Liberty 2/3 of all people brought to the U.S. were not free
Ideals with roots in England Initially for members of distinct social class England not living up to ideals
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Enlightenment John Locke Jean Jacques Rousseau
Two Treatises on Government, 1689 Jean Jacques Rousseau The Social Contract, 1762
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Enlightenment & Religion
Cotton Mather & Inoculation Education Harvard, 1636 Deism
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Enlightenment & the Press
Ben Harris Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, 1690 Andrew Bradford American magazine, 1741 Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard’s Almanack,
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First Great Awakening Jonathan Edwards
“Sinners in the hands of an angry God”, 1741 Religious revivals
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First Great Awakening George Whitefield Traveling revivals
God’s “free gift” of grace George Whitefield
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First Great Awakening Old Lights New Lights Are you saved?
Traditionalists New Lights Evangelicalism Are you saved? The end of revivals
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Seven Years War England v. France George Washington
Albany Congress, 1754 War Proclaimed, 1756 Battle of Quebec, 1759 Treaty of Paris, 1763
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Seven Years War North America, 1713 North America, 1763
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Pontiac’s Rebellion, 1763 Anger over Treaty of Paris
Intertribal alliances Proclamation of 1763 Militarization of the west
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Road to Revolution – Taxation & Oppression
Molasses Tax, 1733 Prohibition of production of iron in colonies Prisoner settlement in colonies, 1751 Sugar Act, 1764 Illegal for colonies to print money, 1764 Stamp Act, 1765
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Road to Revolution - Rebellion
Boston mob responds Unrest spreads
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Road to Revolution Key terms: Enlightenment, Cotton Mather, Deism,
Great Awakening, George Whitefield, Seven Years War, Albany Congress, Pontiac’s Rebellion, Proclamation of 1763, Stamp Act
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