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| Official view of the world from the 14th century Europeans. Europe, hazy view of asia (china, india, a island(Japan), malaysia and some Africa). Bible stated christianity had been taken to all the peoples of the earth. This seemed the only possible world. Both scientific and religious. |
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| Valasquez- Govenor of Cuba. Gets rumors of incredible wealth to the west sends Cortes to establish contact. Takes men a couple hundred thinking in terms of conquest. Advantages know what they are doing, military advantage, superstition(aztec believe they might be gods, Aztec only had settled that area for 15 years and are hated, small pox. Spanish take the heart of the Aztec empire. Wealth start pouring into Spain. Spain becomes dominent power in Europe. |
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| Returns to Spain arguing that the requirement is illegitimate. The people are not violent in rejecting christianity. Are people as rational as the Spanish can learn and be converted. gets the ear of the King. Charles Carlos sets up a debate in front of the Spanish court. Answered by Sepufata argues that they are heathens and are resisting them and conquest should procede. The court sides with Las Casas. Gives power to the priests. Nothing happens. |
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| Loyal men given control of territory. Allowed to take a cut of all the products of that area, use them for labor. Their wealth is based in America and is illegal in Spain. An American nobility created king not as important. It is very hard to govern America from Europe. |
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Has a owner. Huge grant made to someone or a group of individuals with the crown. They have to do this in terms of the British government.
When you do this you owe a yearly tribute to remind you that you are not independant. |
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| All empires are in economic competition. Takes for granted that people need to be directed and has to be high levels of economic direction. Takes for granted that you need a set of laws. Indigo for the textile trade subsidized to make sure money can be made. |
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| Acts of Trade and Navigation |
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| Puts mercantile theory into law. Certain goods must be traded with Britain. Lots of opportunties as long as you stay in the systems |
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| Expririence in colonies. Believe in the royal government. Even proprieters are losing power. Send men to colonies and have parliment pay their salaries. Create a independant bureaucracy paid by parliment. Parliment declines to do this. |
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| One of a group of social philosophers in England. Whigs or commonwealth men. men behind glorious revolution. resisting royal authority. Most important document two treatsies of government. Initially human being lived in complete liberty in response people went together to form governements. gave up some of their liberty and equality for defense. Purpose of government is to defend individual liberty. Governments are limited by individual rights. All the colonies have the expirience of resistance not all that united but they have this expirience. Yes they are loyal subjects but day to day government is ours. |
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| oral voting. In front of canidates. Public recognition of the power of a vote as you must own a land owner. Ties you closely to a canidate. Possibility for cohersion. Policy is taken for granted just gets close to constituency. |
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| Man who has to raise money and assert new levels of empiriak power. Colonies see the war ending and begin trading with France. Act limiting of printing of currency. Grenville has to pay of debts and get money. passes revenue act restucturing entire system of taxation. quartering act. Starts to establish proffesionals to collect taxes. Throws out mercantilism and puts in money raising and emperial power. |
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| 9 colonies show up and they agree in political terms. deny taxes and demand its removal. create concerted resistance. |
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| Acts passed following Tea Party to punish Boston. Close the harbor, meeting, boston lower house. Gives Boston a military governor and party of troops. Designed to re-assert British authority. All over the colonies support for Boston. |
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| Agreement of the congress. Take their ideas back to their colonies. asks for the creation of committees in every town to organize themselves. These committees will coordinate their response. In charge of enforcing embargo and help people survive this. Isolating the loyalists and coordinating local economy to resist the crown. Creates comittee of safety. |
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| Thomas Paine Januery 1776 radical British man- Creates Common Sense. Damns the British monarchy and aristocracy. Exploits the common people. denies their legitimacy. Independance and a republic is necessary. Create a republican form of government. |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| Issued on the 4th of July. Finally clears up things and states why independance is declared. This is what we believe. Lockean terms. America has a insistance on whig and Lockean theory. Official break with the crown. |
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| Turning point of the war. Europe sees Americans can still resist and this will be a long and difficult war. French come in on America’s side. |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| Draws from John Locke/whig tradition. Limited government. Rest on the powers of individual states. Doesn’t say it is permanent. Little state refuse to sign it until 1781. Create a friendship among colonies protect state rights. All states all equal. Power over diplomacy, money issue and war. No taxing ability, no military, no trade regulation, states can create their own money, no national judiciary, and no presiding officer. |
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| Establishes many precedents for how the frontier will operate. It will establish settlement. As settlement grows states will be created and equal. Establish a system of drawing up blocks of land and the government will sell it. Government will negotiate treaties. Slavery is outlawed in Northwest territory. |
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