HISB30H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Responsible Government, Age Of Enlightenment
Document Summary
The eighteenth century: provincial maturity and colonial integration. Trends toward diversification: growth, backcountry settlement, seaports and class tensions. Institutions: consumer culture, the enlightenment, popular culture, the great awakening. Keywords: baubles of britain ; pattern books; glorious revolution (1688-89); england"s. Mixed and balanced constitution ; country ideology (republicanism); virtue; jonathan. Edwards, sinners in the hands of an angry god. Long term trends after 1700 give the u. s. very diverse. By 1775, there were 2. 5 million people living in the u. s. A stream of settlers lived near the appalachian mountains: backcountry settling. The backcountry settlers were primarily from areas of england, scotland, and ireland: they loved to drink, and fight (indians, there was a tension between the people who lived on the coast and the backcountry. The population growth fuels the economic growth: by 0. 50% (which was a lot back then) The major cities are the seaports (upper-class: most of the wealth was taken by the already wealthy.
