Colonial America during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was a time period of great change. This time period greatly shaped how America is today. Many important principles such as the enlightenment and the great awakening changed how our early country functioned. Many of the old principles that shaped our country were taken straight from French and other European freedom philosophers. Many factors such as immigration, trade, slavery and the French and Indian war played a very important part in the shaping and development of the United States of America. With the countless number of European colonists coming over to the new land of America are country began to take form. These immigrants came over for various reasons such as religious
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(2) The enlightenment or age of enlightenment was a major socio-political and philosophical movement. The enlightenment examined the current humanities of the European countries and determined that it needed to change. (2)Things such as how people were treated and certain freedoms were called into question. The enlightenment brought forth many books, essays, innovations, scientific breakthroughs, laws, wars and revolutions. (2) The major changes of the enlightenment were the loss of power from the government and the gain of freedoms to the people. The part of the age of enlightenment that most greatly influenced America was the “high enlightenment.” The high enlightenment was a period of time during the end of the age of enlighten based of off many French philosophers.(2) Philosophers such as, Diderot, Rousseau, Montesquieu, and Voltaire wrote many essays on freedom. These essays were the beginning of the American colonies wanting more rights from Britain. Although they were all mostly loyal to Britain these colonies began demanding rights such as representation in the parliament and lower taxes. …show more content…
The farthest north region of the colonies was called the New England colonies: (Rhode Island Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire).(3) Religious radicals such as the puritans settled these colonies. The puritans were Christians who split of to create there own religion because they believed that they had to “purify” Christianity. The New England colony was based upon religion. They had a brutally cold winter and mild summers. Although this area was not ideal for farming they had access to the Atlantic Ocean and various rivers to which they hunted and fished upon. (3) The economy of this region was based upon hunting and lumber. A main source of income in this region was shipbuilding. (3) There was little trade going on in this region. The first schoolhouse was established here because of in the puritan religion they were required to read the bible so literacy in the New England colonies was the highest in all of the colonies. (3)The second section of the colonies was the middle colonies (Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware). These colonies had a potluck of religions such as Judaism, Catholics, Quakers, and Lutherans. These colonies were based upon the economy. They had a very strong system of trade. Most of these colonies were established by Dutch and Swedish settlers and bought by the British. These colonies had very
(2) The enlightenment or age of enlightenment was a major socio-political and philosophical movement. The enlightenment examined the current humanities of the European countries and determined that it needed to change. (2)Things such as how people were treated and certain freedoms were called into question. The enlightenment brought forth many books, essays, innovations, scientific breakthroughs, laws, wars and revolutions. (2) The major changes of the enlightenment were the loss of power from the government and the gain of freedoms to the people. The part of the age of enlightenment that most greatly influenced America was the “high enlightenment.” The high enlightenment was a period of time during the end of the age of enlighten based of off many French philosophers.(2) Philosophers such as, Diderot, Rousseau, Montesquieu, and Voltaire wrote many essays on freedom. These essays were the beginning of the American colonies wanting more rights from Britain. Although they were all mostly loyal to Britain these colonies began demanding rights such as representation in the parliament and lower taxes. …show more content…
The farthest north region of the colonies was called the New England colonies: (Rhode Island Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire).(3) Religious radicals such as the puritans settled these colonies. The puritans were Christians who split of to create there own religion because they believed that they had to “purify” Christianity. The New England colony was based upon religion. They had a brutally cold winter and mild summers. Although this area was not ideal for farming they had access to the Atlantic Ocean and various rivers to which they hunted and fished upon. (3) The economy of this region was based upon hunting and lumber. A main source of income in this region was shipbuilding. (3) There was little trade going on in this region. The first schoolhouse was established here because of in the puritan religion they were required to read the bible so literacy in the New England colonies was the highest in all of the colonies. (3)The second section of the colonies was the middle colonies (Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware). These colonies had a potluck of religions such as Judaism, Catholics, Quakers, and Lutherans. These colonies were based upon the economy. They had a very strong system of trade. Most of these colonies were established by Dutch and Swedish settlers and bought by the British. These colonies had very