HIS102Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Concentration, Print Culture, Bourbon Reforms
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Large empires have expanded into the americas with large numbers of settlers and why? (cid:862)setting the stage: the seven years" war(cid:863) Leading up to the atlantic revolutions, wars happened between the powers, influenced the tensions between the metropole and periphery as well. Spain"s bourbon reforms: trade restraints, tax plans, on the global scale, this turned france away from colonizing in the new world, and into africa and. Strengthened british control in india (cid:862)populations, conflict, ideology: causes of revolution(cid:863: which revolutions, american revolution (1775-83) Fed from tensions that occurred because of british attempts to consolidate power: taxation without representation, boston tea party, wanted their own independence, did not want to be too violent or completely change things (maintained most of. French and spanish supported the americans in this war. In britain, loss of america as its colony moved focus to india: damage economy, impacting situation in french (leading to french revolution.
