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Essay on The Effects Of Britan On The Colonies During 1607 To 1763

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Between the settlement of Jamestown in 1607 and the Treaty of Paris in 1763, the most important change that occurred in the colonies was the emergence of a society quite different from that in England. Changes in religion, economics, politics, and social structure illustrate this Americanization of the transplanted Europeans.
By 1763 although some colonies still maintained established churches, other colonies had accomplished a virtual revolution for religious toleration and separation of church and state. The British, after many years of religious revolution had established the Anglican Church. In which the king of England was the head of this church. This resulted in almost no …show more content…

The northern colonies developed many trade triangles. One such triangle would be a northern captain setting out from New England with rum. This ship would then sail to the west coast of Africa and trade the rum for slaves. The captain would of course reek a handsome profit and with those slaves he would then take them to the West Indies to trade them for molasses. He then take the molasses and what was left of the slaves and sell them back in the colonies. This left the Northern colonies much richer than the southern colonies. The main reason for this difference is that Britain had always thought that the amount of money in the treasury is how powerful you were. The Americans thought that the more money you make the better off you were. It generally hinged on how much needed resources you wanted to own. The Americans saw past that and expanded heavily on trade. Therefore they could make more money.
Building on English foundations of political liberty, the colonist extend the concepts of liberty and self-government far beyond those envisioned in the mother country. Although Britain had a representative government they had a monarchy, sort of. Still even though they had a representative government the members of parliament were not directly chosen by the people. In Virginia, in specific Jamestown, the House of Burgesses said that representatives were to be chosen by land owning people. Another good idea from the colonies was the

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