Colonial Unity And Nationalism During The Development Of Colonial Colonies

Since the founding of the Thirteen Colonies, the colonists enjoyed a degree of autonomy and self sufficiency from the mother country, England. The colonies had colonial assemblies, which were more democratic than England’s and were independent governments. British mercantilist laws were not strictly enforced due to the policy commonly referred to as salutary neglect. However, as the British increasingly ignore the problems the colonies faced, the colonies began to look for a common government to lead them. This eventually led to three distinct efforts at intercolonial cooperation and union: The New England Confederation, Penn’s Plan of Union, and The Albany Plan of Union. Therefore, although there were unsuccessful attempts to unite the

During the 17th and early 18th centuries, many American colonists took it upon themselves to unify the English colonies. As Puritans and other settlers began to establish villages across the eastern coast of North America, they found that the only way for them to function properly was through peace and order. Unity was attained through agreements and constitutions laying down the first steps to self-government and democracy, and to a lesser extent a call to action between the colonists and the English crown.

The Seven Years War, also known as the French and Indian war, was a conflict fought between 1765 and 1763. It was between Great Britain and France. “ In the early 1750’s, French expansion into the Ohio River Valley brought France into armed conflict with the British colonies.” The signing of the Treaty of Paris and Hubertusburg ensured that the “colonial and maritime supremacy of Britain strengthened the 13 colonies.” This war, to a great extent, marked a turning point in the relationship between the colonies and Britain due to taxes, and land.

These factors not only produced differences between the colonies and England, but among the colonies themselves. Brinkley writes that, “Many distinct societies developed in the colonies, but the greatest distinction was between the colonies of the North and those of the South” (81). This resulted in the colonist not only developing their own identity from that of England, but in many ways from each other. The same distinct factors such as population, economics, and society and religion, and political ideas that differed between the colonies and England, were the same factors that differed from each of the colonies. Although, while it is true that the colonist differed from each other they were always more alike than they were with England.

During the time period of 1600 to 1776, the relationship between Great Britain and the colonies changed massively. The relationship between Great Britain and the colonies changed greatly because of three main reasons: the relationships that the colonies and Great Britain were built on, the struggles that the colonists faced because of their relationships with Great Britain, and the anger that the colonists expressed because of the ridiculous taxes that they had to pay. Once the colonists realized that they were suffering under British rule, most of the colonists became eager to be independent from Great Britain. The colonists’ Second Continental Congress believed that the acts and taxes created by the British Parliament were unconstitutional, unjust, and unfair towards the colonists and because of that belief, the Declaration signers forever changed our country.

The 1700 hundreds was a time for people’s imaginations able to soar free in their heads and see the “New World” for all its infinite possibilities. There were many reasons for people to look for refuge or wealth in the newly discovered world. Some wanted to escape from harsh laws and strict religions of the European government, and others went for glory and money. When the new colonies like Jamestown was formed, so was two new societies. Both areas were settled for different reasons. The different reasons led to distinctive social, political, economic, and cultural hardships and rewards. The New England colonies and the Chesapeake colonies are prime examples of two different societies at the

     The Seven Years War proved to be a crossroads in the history of British colonial rule in America. Britain was victorious, but after defeating her French foes (along with their Indian allies), Britain was left to contemplate the ramifications of a war that would leave her relationship with her American colonies altered forever. This change would eventually lead to conflict between the colonies and Britain, and ultimately the Declaration of American Independence.

For a long time after the original 13 colonies where establish they were ruled by England and it’s crown. Since who started settling the colonies were in fact people that came from England, that came with implications like taxation without representation. They could not vote on any parts of legislation, but they owe taxes on the crown made in the colonies. Citizens from the 13 colonies knew that they needed freedom from England to be able to have their own government and have a better economical country. Since England determined whom they could trade with it was hard for them to obtain goods from other countries it almost work like a monopoly. The 13 colonies needed to be independent to stop paying taxes to England and be able to trade around the world and most important to have their own government and stop being part of

The seven years’ war (French and Indian War in the Colonies) put a financial hard ship on the Europeans and the American Colonies because the war was so expensive. The reason the war transpired in America, and took place due to the British thinking the territories and trades were theirs to control because they wanted it all for themselves. This caused the French to try to put a stop to it so they too could gain wealth from the trades that occurred in the Ohio Valley. “The Ohio Valley was important because it provided fur traders access to cities and ports on the East Coast. This business was very profitable. Another desired territory was the Mississippi River Valley, the entry point to the frontier in the west.” (“The French & Indian War,”

During the time of colonization many people of different, races, religions, social classes, and genders came to the colonies. The settlers came to the Chesapeake and New England and influenced the two colonies in different ways. Economically, the two colonies supported themselves by trading, but with different goods. Geographically, the environments were unalike which helped the colonies discover the individuality within them, and influenced the social factors of the two colonies. The beliefs of the two colonies were polar opposites, which developed the diversity in the colonies.

Since the exploration and settling of the new world first began there were influences towards the push of unity in the colonies. Even though attempts at actual unity may have taken a little while the influences started very early. These include official documents like the mayflower compact or attempts at democracy in the new towns. The push towards unity in the English colonies was influenced by a plethora of different items, actions, and beliefs which were all very alike but also very similar.

By the 1700’s, New England, the Chesapeake region and the Southern Colonies developed into three distinct societies, despite coming from the same mother country, England. The regions of Colonial America each had a distinctive culture and economy entirely different from the other regions. Religion and religious tolerance was completely different in each region, running from being free to complete persecution. Ethnicity and racial composition ranged from almost complete British descent to a wide range of composition. Each region was politically and economically structured different and had its own identity. Each developed differently based on immigration trends, geography and other features. Throughout the colonization of Colonial America,

The Seven Year’s War, known also as the French and Indian War, changed the British imperial government’s approach toward the colonies greatly. The war needed to be funded and the British government had to finance the war through borrowing money from British and Dutch bankers. In order to pay back the debt of the country, the British government sought to raise taxes on high consumer products in order to get back money they owed. While the tax increase was highly disproportionate to what the consumer was buying, the government had to pay back their debt, even at the cost of the colonial people. The Seven Year war was not just impacting those directly connected, but it impacted the entire global world trade system

The British colonies in America were all settled for the reason of bringing power to the mother country, but as the years progressed the new states were formed and molded by economical and cultural differences. Every area settled by the colonists had something completely different in it, as an example some would have mountain or large areas where fish would conglomerate. Each region having its own specialties allowed for different economies to arise, economies that would rely on each other in order to operate efficiently and effectively. The cultures in the different regions varied immensely, as the settlers for each region all had different beliefs and backgrounds. The question is thus asked, is the colonies separation into different regions caused by the economics that took place in each region or the culture that grew because of influences from religion or social backgrounds.

During the 18th century there was a fierce competition between the British and the French colonial empires that ultimately led to The Seven Years War. The final result of the conflict favored the English who, nonetheless, were forced to make appeal to the force of the American