HIST 1100 Lecture : Making of the Modern World November 18.docx
12 Mar 2014
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No taxation without representation! : the sugar and stamp acts, the tea act, 1773, the boston tea part, december 16, 1773, the coercive acts, 1774, the first and second continental congress, 1774 and 1775, the declaration of independence, thomas jefferson, battle of yorktown, 1781, the constitution, the bill of rights, frederick douglass what, to the slave is the fourth of july? ( 1852) The 13 colonies: most of land in na was inhabitated by aboriginals, greatest concentration of european colonists was in the 13 colonies, large population which was relatively homogenous, more social mobility, a citizen was valued by the skill or trade they had, colonists were well educated (cid:224) protestant tradition, the people of the colonies were used to being a part of their government, they met as assemblies to debate issues of the day and decide as a group.
