HIST 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Molasses Act, Navigation Acts, Mercantilism
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Spain: central and south america gold and silver, control retained in europe, religious enclaves support state. France: fur, trading with natives, french and indian war. Impact north and south: northern colonies produced same as england (competitive with england) Need raw materials: southern colonies agriculture (mutual supply to british) 1754-1763 french and indian war: albany plan franklin and hutchinson. Someone would need to be in charge if they get into war with native: client state wars world wide, extends to north america, purpose: protect settlers, result: proclamation of 1763. Set a line so colonist can"t go pass the line to give line to native but colonist still went over the line: post war, recoup debt, the king borrow money from the bank once they can"t get tax. European revolution: enlightenment, glorious revolution 1689, locke natural rights, voltaire civic freedom, montesquieu, despots must be replaced, individual freedom - rousseau, hobbes, natural rights of people and countries.
