Reasons For English Colonization, Political Motivations, Social Pressures, Economic, Social And Political Systems Of The English Colonies, Major Ideas That Led To The American Revolution, Effects Of The American Revolution On Native Americans And African Americans

A. Explain the reasons for English colonization by doing the following:

1. Discuss the political motivations for English imperialism.
2. Describe the social pressures that contributed to English colonization of North America.

B. Describe the economic systems (e.g., labor relationships, trade networks, major cash crops), social characteristics (e.g., religious beliefs, family structures, cultural practices, class systems), and political systems (e.g., types of representation, major governmental bodies, significant political figures) of the following colonies using the attached "English Colonies in America Table," or similar document:

• Massachusetts Bay
• Virginia
• The Carolinas

C. Explain the major ideas and events (i.e., Enlightenment philosophies, colonial conflicts, imperial regulations, acts of rebellion) that led to the American Revolution.

D. Describe how each of the following groups were affected by the political and/or social changes that followed the American Revolution

• Native Americans
• African Americans
• women

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Political motivations for English imperialism

The political motivations of imperialism are the significances of economic motivation. It put an impact on the Native Americans in virtually every instance. The political groups initiated to grow throughout the countries. Chauvinism and growing majestic power stimulated countries to compete with others for the sake of sovereignty. It is a substance of national pride, status, and security which caused countries to compete with each other (Elster, 2018). Countries wanted to claim new territories for protecting armies and ensuring access to the navies. The domains pursued strategic territory for certifying access for their citizens and militias around the world. The domain should be defended and better expanded. The political motives were prompted as reactions to the alleged threats to the security or esteem of majestic power (Tilly & Wood, 2015).

The social pressures which encouraged English colonization of North America were mainly economic and religious. The religion was the key factor which contributed to the English migration. The Puritans absconded to America from England for gaining their religious freedom. England broke away from the Roman Catholic Church and created own new church identified as the Church of England. However, the Puritans did not identify the King as the dome of the Church. The Puritans were offended for that reason (Esbeck, 2017).

The British people were also passionate about the idea of entrepreneurship. It convoluted investing the capital in a growing business in order to generate more money. Such people believed that moving to the North America colonies was a great prospect to make money. Add on, people who had been troubled in England and the individuals who lost their job and home decided to settle down in America. They even shifted with the intention of acquiring land from the unlimited massive fields to make their own living by functioning on the land. North America offered a temperate climate and the possibility of growing valuable crops like cotton and tobacco. North America was also used as a base for English pirates and create economic activity. Many colonists belonged to families affected negatively by the inclusion of communal lands in England (Schwager, 2018). Their poverty also performed as impulse factor towards North America.

Massachusetts Bay was formed by a group of almost thousand Puritan refugees from England. The Puritans sought to create a model religious community. Here all the decisions were made by the male church members for running the town. The town works effortlessly to form a government that was not only efficient but also the one which reflected personal and religious ideals (Newmann, 2018). The puritans here were highly intolerant of other religions and created own community of compatible people. The Puritans were completely conscious of the family acts. They consider family as a device of their highest religious purposes (Haggard and Kaufman, 2018). The town had established a theocratic government with the franchise partial to the church members.

The colonial period was initiated in 1607 in Virginia and ended in 1776 with the formation of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The main cause of settlers shifting to Virginia was economic opportunities. The initial way of making money was farming tobacco. Here power relied on the hands of the white male landowners. These landowners used to run government by law and belonged to the Church of England. The governors were appointed by the crown (Boettke & Marciano, 2015).

Social pressures which contributed to the English colonization of North America

North Carolina and South Carolina were used to be one once. North Carolina is the larger state comprising double population and annual economic production. Here small farmers are shifted from Virginia and planted tobacco. Here is the largest denomination of Christian in the state. The labors are free to be part of any trade union and contribute in the lawful activities.

The American Revolution was a conflict between the united thirteen British colonies in North America and Great Britain (Bailyn, 2017). It lasted from 1775 to 1783 and lead to the independence of the colonies. The first event led to the American Revolution is French and Indian war 1763. It was a seven-year-long war and resulted in creating debt. The parliament decided to levy taxes on the migrants. The parliament even passed the Sugar Act in 1764 to pay off war debt. It aimed to impose duties on imported sugar and other goods which were imported by the colonists from England (Gould, 2018).

The stamp act was passed by the Parliament in 1765 to direct taxing all prohibited documents, manuals and other items in the societies. The stamp act was revoked just after one year. Another important event was passed in 1767 identified as Townshend Acts. It taxed a number of items imported by the colonies. As a result, the migrants prohibit British goods.  Boston massacre in 1770 resulted in death in the five colonies. As a result, Townshend Acts revoked. Parliament passed Intolerable acts in 1774. It imposed severe measures on the societies. The outcome was realized in meeting fist continental congress. All these events collectively led to the American Revolution (Geloso, 2018).

The revolution had an almost completely adverse impact on the Native Americans. Most communities fought together with the British and stuck hope to English victory. It would restrict the enlargement of the thirteen colonies and offer some defense for their own land rights. The residents in America never recognized the native claims to land ownership and treated merely dignified this perspective. They are now observed as a captured race and living illegally on the American land. The American Revolution hence released a wave of development and resettlement which initiate most Native Americans from their homeland and into a century of deprivation, complaint, and death.

African Americans assisted the cause of independence from 1775-1781. The political impact was reflected in the constitutions, systems of governments and public records. The social impact on the African Americans had been excelled by the unfair taxation, standing armies and oppressive government. The revolution impacted the African Americans in the form of included more men in the formal political parties. The revolution prohibited slavery outright and the seeds of changes had been embedded. It also resulted in serving the social needs of the thousands of the free African Americans. The black church movement was the most perceptible part of the revolution.

The women are made up about half of the population. They are appeared to assist little from the revolution. Thousands of women had assisted the war effort in tedious or obedient means. Despite the involvement in independence, women remained obscure in the new society in terms of citizenship. There was no woman who held office in the state or practiced law or enrolled in the college. There was not an insolent petition at the time of emerging a new political system. In the new democrat US women were relegated to a similar role as they had filled in the colonial society like mothers, households, managers, gentler and more.

References 

Bailyn, B. (2017). The ideological origins of the American Revolution. Harvard University Press.

Boettke, P. J., & Marciano, A. (2015). The past, present and future of Virginia Political Economy. Public choice, 163(1-2), 53-65.

Elster, J. (2018). Collective Action in America Before 1787. In Morality, Governance, and Social Institutions (pp. 157-195). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.

Esbeck, C. H. (2017). Religion During the American Revolution and the Early Republic. In Law and Religion, An Overview (pp. 57-77). Routledge.

Geloso, V. (2018). British Public Debt, the Acadian Expulsion and the American Revolution. In Public Choice Analyses of American Economic History (pp. 1-11). Springer, Cham.

Gould, E. (2018). An Activist History of the American Founding. Reviews in American History, 46(1), 27-31.

Haggard, S. and Kaufman, R.R. eds., 2018. The politics of economic adjustment: international constraints, distributive conflicts and the state. Princeton University Press.

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Schwager, B. (2018). Pounds, Police, and Patriots: How Colonial Reactions to British Quartering Transformed from 1756-1774. Fairmount Folio: Journal of History, 18.

Tilly, C., & Wood, L. J. (2015). Social Movements 1768-2012. Routledge.