Native American Settlement Patterns Analysis

-Look at the settlement patterns and describe the effects on both Europeans and Native Americans During the 1700’s, England was settling the Atlantic coast, Spain was settling New Mexico, Central America, and parts of Florida, the Native Americans were not settling, instead, they were being pushed around wherever there was open land, and France was settling parts of Canada, the five great lakes, and major rivers, such as the Mississippi River. By 1760 though, most of the land was settled along the Atlantic coast. This forced new immigrants to settle farther inland, in the foothills and valleys of the Appalachian Mountains. This concerned the French. They did not want to lose their trades with the Indians, to the cheaper and better items …show more content…
The Revenue Act, also known as the Sugar Act, was a revenue raising law that Parliament passed, forcing the American colonies to help pay off the debt that England had. This debt came from the Seven Years War where England fought off the French and Spanish from the land surrounding the American colonies. This Act did not please the men and women of the colonies. Another Act Parliament thrust upon the colonies was the Stamp Act. This Act required men and women to print any of their legal documents on British taxed paper. It also placed a tax on newspapers and printed matter in the colonies. The chancellor of the House of Commons planned on making another £60,000 annually by making them purchase special seals or stamps for their legal documents.3 The colonies strongly resented these Acts, and in order to stop all men and women from obeying these Acts, colonial leaders met in New York and decided to outlaw the stamps. Without the stamps, no one would purchase them, conquering one part of Parliament’s plan, and therefore no one would be able to have their legal documents printed on the taxed paper, solving the other part of Parliament’s plan. Aside from these two Acts, there were many others, such as the Quartering Act, Townshead Revenue Act, Coercive Act, also known as the Intolerable Acts, the Prohibitory Act, and many more that enraged the colonists, making rebellion sound better and better all the time. With each new …show more content…
While the Articles of Confederation were sufficient enough during the Revolutionary War, they were inadequate after. It left Congress with minimal power and authority. Congress could not tax the states, which was very unhelpful during the war when it needed to fund the army. All Congress could really do was conduct diplomacy, make new states, and provide for the confederation. (Video) The Articles of Confederation were more of a concern about England’s selfish actions against the states rather than it was the outline of a republic. Instead it severely weakened Congress and gave its power to individual states, creating thirteen individual countries rather than one. (Video) Aside from leaving Congress without power, it also removed the power dangerously far from the people. Post-Revolutionary War, men and women complained about sought out change in their new nation. This led to what we have now, the Constitution of the United States. From May to September 1787, American leaders met for a Constitutional Convention. Suggestions were made and rejected, until finally, there was a recommendation combining two of the previously rejected suggestions. This plan promoted a House of Representatives and a Senate. The House of Representatives was based on a states population, while the Senate had two representatives from