HIST1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Philosophes, Meritocracy, Robert Darnton
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Seventeenth century globalization: exchange of goods, movement of people, exchanges create political revolution quick on a historical scale. Thinking more about regional stories rather than nation state stories. The age of revolution (1775-1848: the political world crumbles. American war of independence begins 1775. Latin american revolutions 1799: life, liberty but mostly property! British colonies are chartered in america: they have the right to their own assemblies and military"s. Stamp act (1765: in effect the parliament of britain says that the colonies need to pay back the british for protecting them against the french, new tax on anything printed. You have to buy stamps as a kind of surcharge on anything printed: makes colonies very angry. Townshend acts (1768: stamp acts get repealed, new tax on things that you need everyday. Trying to recoup for financial losses that it had when fighting. Boston massacre (1770) and boston tea party (1773)
