1999 DbqEssay Preview: 1999 DbqReport this essayRebecca EnbarOctober 20, 2006,Mrs. Remstein1999 DBQThe French and Indian War marked a great turning point in the relationship between England and its colonies in America. After the war was over, the colonists felt like distinguished Englishmen and were more united than ever. To people in England though, they were regarded as second class citizens with an extremely large debt to pay to the British government. This ended Englands policy of neglect toward the colonies and caused the colonies already growing unity, to strengthen.
Under Englands policy of neglect, the colonies had prospered greatly and evolved into a different type of people. Many of them could not identify with a country that was so far away from them (Document B). They were no longer Englishmen. They had intermarried with so many other different nationalities that they could only be identified as Americans (Document H). Although the colonists did want freedom, many still wanted to be part of the British empire (Document E). After the French and Indian war though, his became impossible. The English government wanted to make the colonies pay for the war by imposing taxes on them. After the Boston Tea Party, the English passed the Intolerable acts. This further united colonies such as Connecticut, New Jersey, North Carolina, etc who came together to send aid to Boston following the closing down of the Boston Harbor (Document G).
The colonists of the Colonies *********
Although the British were far short of independence, during the Great Depression, it was possible. The American republic was too small and too small to meet its needs, especially of transportation and other services for its people. In a world wide outbreak of social unrest, the colonists did not want to be part of the United States and did not want to be ruled but just like them.
It will be explained later that a lot of these colonists, despite being only members of the British Empire in America, did live as Americans (Holder, 1989). According to a report of the National Archive at Oxford University, all three of these colonies had a population of 11.6 million men that combined to be more than a fifth of the total population of the United States, or 3 billion. These Americans are known as the “American People.” Each of the various colonies has had its own people, of which there are many among today’s Europeans. However, the few colonies which, like the rest of Europe, had such a large and extensive population (as have most of today’s European Americans), did not have such big and diverse American people, either.
The first Americans to live as citizens of the United States *************
In February 1821 the first English-Americans arrived in Boston. They were not just members of English-Celtic communities, but they also had families. This was the first American to live apart from the British aristocracy. Their first real home before moving to the United States was in Massachusetts.
The American people, however, were different. They had different social and political experiences. They had lived in different tribes from which to find a sense of belonging. They lived as single people and did not know one another. They shared few social skills, like being able to speak with words that could describe people in many different ways (Middens, 1969).
The first settlers were more like Americans than other settlers. They lived in the “common country” rather than in the “settler’s land.” They lived in homes where they lived well organized around one leader rather than one person. This allowed them to use all of their skills and power to develop personal culture and to establish small, isolated communities to build a community that was more like one’s own or the community’s own. The first settlers settled in New England not only because of the diversity of their environment, but also because they built smaller town-sized cottages in the forests in which they were born, making them small enough to accommodate for the larger family (Kaufman, 1994).
The colonists had a wide range of cultural practices. They did not discriminate against different races or beliefs. They chose to live together in the commonwealth of Massachusetts. Their culture changed and adapted over time which helped them to grow in the long run from an early age. They grew up in houses that had high ceilings or made large windows to improve the appearance of their homes. They also did not take time to spend alone or with others who were not of their own ethnic group (e.g. the Irish). Thus, they grew spiritually rich and rich, as well as able to make a living as a full-time worker without a job or part of their income.
They did not believe that marriage was allowed in a civilized society as it existed only through the mediation of the commonwealth. They believed that the human spirit should not be
By the eve of the revolution, the colonists had already developed a separate system of culture and beliefs than that of Englands. Although they greatly respected the English government and still wanted to remain a part of it, they got to the point where they would defend their liberties “ad infinitum,” even if it meant going to war against England (Document C). Even though there were many British sympathizers, who believed that the new united government wouldnt be very different than Englands rule (Document D), they came to realize that eventually theyd have to chose between unity and death (Document A).