HISTORY 3011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Michel-Ange Duquesne De Menneville, Church Attendance, Navigation Acts
25 Oct 2016
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Part ii: becoming american (means becoming a little less european) Anglican church-a sour(cid:272)e of authorit(cid:455) (cid:271)ut (cid:374)ot i(cid:374) north a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a. In england: ecclesiastical courts, daily prayer by law, weekly church attendance by law. Distance: source of colonial (cid:272)ulture of (cid:272)ultural (cid:862)freedo(cid:373)(cid:863) People in america are distinctly different from people in england people do(cid:374)"t feel. Revivals attacked orthodox religion and rational bases of enlightenment (faith based) Relationship between god and sinner u(cid:374)ified so the(cid:455)"re pushed further apart to the poi(cid:374)t of the a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374) re(cid:448)olutio(cid:374) Colonies operated independently crown controlled colonies via royal acts. Navigation acts 1650-1700: imported goods from asia and africa had to arrive in england and her (cid:272)olo(cid:374)ies i(cid:374) e(cid:374)glish ships, e(cid:374)gla(cid:374)d"s a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:272)olo(cid:374)ies (cid:272)ould o(cid:374)l(cid:455) e(cid:454)port their goods i(cid:374) The point was that british would profit from the colonies. 39% of exports into england originate in north america. Private interests drag england into a war against the french in north america.
