...Seven Years’ War Paper Your Name Goes Here Axia College of the University of Phoenix Shauna Donovan HIS 115 Many factors led up to the Seven Years’ War and in this paper I will describe the social and political backgrounds existent in eighteenth-century America, explain how the diverse backgrounds and views led to the Seven Years’ War and explain how the outcome of the Seven Years’ War affected me and America. All of this will be explained as you read along in this paper. In the seventeenth-century before I was born, “the colonies were becoming overrun by various, very different immigrant groups” (Davidson, J., 2006). Famine, warfare, and religious persecution forced many non-English groups to flee their homes in Europe to the American colonies. This immigration quickly increased the population and made the colonies greatly diverse in backgrounds. This diversity in backgrounds caused the colonies to be divided along the cultural lines. The colonists divided themselves according to ethnic, regional, racial, and religious differences (Davidson, J., 2006). “Since many of these immigrants had no way to pay for their trip to America, they arrived in the colonies already signed into indentured servitude” (Davidson, J., 2006). The population increase had a significant impact on the lifestyle of colonists in the eighteenth-century. “At this time the birth rate also increased with women typically giving birth to between five and eight children” (Davidson, J., 2006)...
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...The Impact of the Franco- Britain Conflict on Subsequent Events “The global struggle between the French and British Empire influenced certain key events in history from 1750 to 1805. These events including the French and Indian war, by the seven year war, the American Revolution, the French Revolution and it's impact on American domestic and foreign policies, and the Louisiana purchase and it's consequences.” Colonial era diplomacy focused on the European balance of power. The competition between the French and the British often influenced the course of events in the North American colonies. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775 For almost three centuries, the European colonial powers of France and Great Britain, maintained...
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...Seven Year's War Paper Seven Year's War Paper Many factors led to the Seven Years’ War. Along with these factors, I think that the huge differences in cultural backgrounds and points of view between the various countries involves also contributed to the Seven Years’ War. In the seventeenth-century, the colonies were becoming over run by various, very different immigrant groups (Davidson, 2006). Famine, warfare, and religious persecution forced most of the non- English groups to leave from their homes in Europe and go to the American colonies. This immigration quickly increased the population and made the colonies more diverse. The diversity caused the colonies to be primarily divided along cultural lines. The colonist divided themselves according to their ethnic, regional, racial, and religious differences (Davidson, 2006). Because many of these immigrants had no money and no way to pay for their trip to America, they had arrived in the colonies already signed into indentured servitude (Davidson, 2006). The population increase had a significant impact on the lifestyles of the colonists in the eighteenth-century. At this time the birth rate had increased dramatically as women typically gave birth to five to eight children. This fast population increase made nearly every part of the eighteenth –century American life more frantic and hectic. Social relations in the era grew more strained, as many of the colonials found that this diversity made it impossible to...
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...for liberty, they both brought about constitutionalism in their respective nations. Just prior to the Revolutions, the citizens in both France and America were suffering under the weight of tax burdens. Along with the immense influence of the Enlightenment ideals of the time, out of both revolutions formal documents were written addressing the natural rights of citizens. The first similarity that can be seen in the American and French Revolutions was the presence of social unrest due to the imposition of taxes levied by their respective monarchies. America, as a colony under British rule was subject to taxes levied on them, without representation. The British Parliament was passing taxes to be levied against the colonists without them having constituents present in Parliament. This was particularly concerning to the American colonists, as this new pattern of collecting “unprecedented amounts of revenue” went against the precedent of prior “colonial-imperial relations.” (The Seven Years War to the American Revolution) Likewise, the French suffered under the “burden of a grossly inequitable system of taxation.” (French Revolution) As a result of the Seven Years War, both the British and the French monarchy enacted taxes to lessen their war debt. At this time, particularly in France, the citizens were suffering due to the failures and ineptitude of the monarchy. (French Revolution) The citizens of France were experiencing “widespread famine and malnutrition”;...
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...Antiquity, Sparta and Athens were the cities to notice. Sparta acknowledged children developing differently than adults. These differences in adults and children were divided into preschool years (birth to seven) and formal education years (seven to twenty). Ancient Greek was influenced by these...
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...between the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, and the War of 1812 Name Institution Comparison between the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, and the War of 1812 Wars are a major part of history today, just like before. Wars have been used to show strength and domination in the past. In America for example, three of the most notable wars include the French and Indian war, the war of 1812 and the American Revolution. These are some of the wars that involved European nations in American soil and the struggle for ownership of the American continent. In this essay, the focus will be on the comparison between the wars mentioned. In my opinion, the wars were all part of a sequence of events that lead to the development of the United States of America as a nation. The French and Indian war was the earliest of the three wars. It happened between the year 1756 and 1763 (Boot, 2014). It, therefore, took seven years for the war to end. Participants in the war were majorly the French on one side and the British on another side. The British outnumbered the French, and, therefore, the French depended on the help of the Indian natives of America to fight the British. For that reason, and considering that King George had been involved in another war in the 1940s, it was named by the opponents of the British who were the French in collaboration with the Indians. The war was also called the North American Theatre of the Seven Years War between France and Britain (Boot...
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...the minds of others even though it has only been a short time for Canada’s existence. Canadian Identity can be analyzed in two different ways. One way of analyzing Canadian identity is to study our image that we project into the world. Identity can also be analyzed by studying how other locations see Canada as a country. Canada has been recognized by most places around the world as a peacekeeping and multiculturist nation. To Canadians, the world revolves around Canada and its peaceful endeavours. Canadian identity directly refers to unique culture, conditions and characteristics of being a Canadian, as well as many other different symbols and expressions that set Canadian completely apart from others in the world. Some of the biggest influences on Canadian identity trace back to the arrival and beginning of the early seventeenth century. During the arrival of French settlers in Acadia and also the St. Lawrence River valley and the English, Scottish and other settlers in Newfoundland, the British conquest of 1759, and also the ensuing dominance of British and French culture, both a national and imperial culture was being formed. During the 16th, 17th, 18th and the 19th century, the First Nations peoples had been playing a crucial part in the development of the European colonies in Canada. The First Nation peoples had a great hand in the fur trade, the exploration of the continent and assisting with the inter-European power struggles to the creation of the Mètis people. Carrying...
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...Assignment 1 Upon reading Woodrow Wilson's 14 points speech, i've found multiple points that directly relate to the war and the war's outbreak.Points two, seven, eight, and eleven are the ones that I've found to be the most important. Point two directly relates to the involvement of the United States in this war. When Woodrow Wilson said "Absolute freedom of navigation upon the seas, outside territorial waters, alike in peace and in war..." he is referring to the Germans sinking of the Lusitania. In point seven Wilson states that Belgium should be evacuated of all foreign powers and restored. This helped lead to WWI because in the Schlieffen plan, created by the Germans, called for German soldiers to cut through Belgium and attack the French...
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...Prussia from 1740 until 1786. Frederick was most importantly known during the seven years of war because at the time he was his enemies were habsburg austria and bourbon france and his allies were great britain with his uncle as king, as neighboring countries around him began conspiring against frederick he wanted to strike at them before they had a chance to attack. With his well prepared army he invaded saxony thus beginning the seven years war lasting from (1756-1763). Later in 1757 he invaded Austria Bohemia although it looked promising...
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...Seven Years' War The eighteenth century was a precise and hard time to live in, because of the many changes that took place. We have been divided by so many changes that have affected us due to different religious, cultural, and our way of living. I am from the South, where we have big families and most of our time is spent gathering agriculture and raising our families. Most of the crops that we grow are tobacco, rice where we have large plantation so we had to enforced labor on our slaves in order for us to benefit from our profits. At this time the birth rate has increased so much to as women were given birth between five to seven children as it is still today. It was impossible to form a common identity, because of the strained relations in this area. This population had a significant impact on the lifestyles in the eighteenth century because of the harsh living and hard times. Young single women from poorer families worked in wealthier households as maids, cooks, laundresses, seamstresses, or nurses (Davidson 2006). White males received college education where as white females were excluded from receiving a higher education and slaves received no education at all. I was taught what I needed to know at home far as education wise my mom taught me my lessons. My brothers were taught to go out and work on the farm, and hunt, because there were no monies to pay for our education, so in that area there was a struggle to get an education In order to set up farms the English colonists...
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...In-Depth Look into France France today is one of the most modernized countries in the world. It is a leader among European nations by playing an influential global role as a permanent member of multiple multilateral organizations such as NATO, the G-7, the G-20, and the EU. The French culture has faced many different struggles throughout the years which has brought them to where they are today. Culture is defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as the “integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon the capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations” (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/culture). The culture of France has evolved to it’s current state through the course...
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...non-communist movement in France at the time of World War II. After being influenced by his mentor from college and witnessing deaths from World War II, Albert Camus began writing many novels and plays exposing the indifference of men and the meaninglessness of human life. Camus was born in...
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...The Revolutionary Period was the political, social, and economic turmoil in the Atlantic world. The Revolutionary era was the catalyst for the birth of dissent ideologies, radical literature, protests and boycotts (Dennis Lecture Notes). The Seven Years war had a negative economic domino effect on the colonies. Debt from the war on American soil consisted of various increases on tariffs and taxes in order to pay the debt left by The Seven Years war (Dennis Lecture notes).Tensions brewed between the colonies and the British crown due to unpopular taxes such as the tea, sugar and stamp act (Dennis Lecture notes). The Stamp Act crisis inaugurated not only a struggle for colonial liberty in relation to Great Britain but also a multisided battle...
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...In 17th and early 18th century, The Dutch Republic held economic and political influence in Europe. The republic was split into seven separate colonies, with Holland being the largest and most influential of them as it was an integral trading center in Europe. The Dutch began to alter their alliances with many other European powers and this brought forth many conflicts and military issues between them. Ultimately though the Dutch Republic began to lose influence and power as it began to experience a military and economic downfall because of a loss of trade along with a decrease in unity within. The Dutch were beginning to thrive economically better than ever before, and thus the English and French began to believe that the Dutch could end...
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...referred to as Renaissance humanism. This American nationalism focused on the expression of modernism, technology, and academic classicism. Renaissance technological advancements include wire cables supporting the Brooklyn Bridge in the State of New York, along with cultural advancements found in the Prairie School houses, Beaux-Arts Institute of Design in architecture and sculpture. The political heir of American nationalism evolved with the Gilded Age and New Imperialism school of thought. The American Renaissance produced major influential literary works from some of the most brilliant minds in U.S. history, including Ralph Waldo Emerson's the "Representative Man (1850)", Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlett Letter (1850)" and "The House of Seven Gables (1851)," Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick," Henry David Thoreau's "Walden (1854)," and Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass (1855)." American Renaissance Literary Masterpieces The American Renaissance, a literary and cultural period circa extending from 1820 to the mid-1860s, gained inspiration from the unresolved issues of the American Revolution. The American Renaissance literary style was coined as "Romanticism," an international philosophical movement that redefined the perceptions of Western cultures, and seldom refers to the preconceived notions of love. Some important authors arising out of this era include: James Fenimore Cooper, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Harriet Jacobs, Emily Dickinson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau,...
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