1. American Revolution Pt. 1byKyle FluckChapters: 14151718

2. Chap. 14 The Atlantic News The volume and predictability of shipping through trade routes took away the feeling of isolation from the colonies and gave them easier access to information and news. Due to the amount of information streaming in and the demand for information throughout the colonies the newspaper was born. The London news was a primary supplier that provided the colonies with news stimulation that was needed as the colonies became more involved with transatlantic commerce and more vulnerable to imperial warfare.

3. Chap. 14 The Atlantic Trade In the 17th-18th century trade and commerce greatly expanded and became very complex between the empire and colonies. Instead of a simple bilateral trade between the two regions, the empire developed a multilateral trading system that used bills of exchange drawn on London merchant firms. This was done to ensure that regional credits and debits were balanced. The great flow of information and commerce caused a great influx of economic growth in the colonies.

4. Chap. 15 Establishments The founders of the colonies believed that religious uniformity was needed to keep public morality, political harmony, and social order throughout. Anyone who did not believe in this was either fined, whipped or jailed. Each colonist was required to attend and pay taxes for at least one religiously established church. In the 17th century more colonies offered less religious toleration than those of the original colony.

5. Chap. 15 Growth and its Limits Even when the colonies were experiencing difficult conditions they found a way to develop a vast array of notable and beautiful churches. Although everything looked good from the outside and it seemed that churches and religion was spreading an internal conflict was going on between evangelicals and rationalists.

6. Chap. 17 The Great Plains The great plains belonged to small bands of hunters and gatherers who traveled on foot. They were known as Nomads and were well known for their buffalo hunting skills. The plains soon became full of villages that grew crops and lived off of hunting. Unlike the typical villagers the Nomads moved from place to place in small mobile camps, they lived off of scant food and fed from the land freely.

7. The Great Plains: Horses and Guns(Western civilization) The association that the Great plain Indians have with the horse was largely influenced by the intrusion of colonies and villages within their lands. As the colonies expanded and traded with the Indians the Natives also acquired firearms. The reason for the use of horses and firearms was for the Indians to keep up with their new intruders. They counted on the firearms to defend their villages and raid the colonies. They did not abandon all of their own original weapons such as the bow and arrow. As this was also used for war and hunting.

8. Chap. 18 Imperial Wars and Crisis During the 1700’s there was a possibility of a renewed war with France, but a dominant British politician, Sir Robert Walpole, argued that stability and peace was far more agreeable that a war. His view while far more intelligent was ignored by the press and parliament.

9. Imperial War and Crisis The war became over who had control in the New world. Savvy Imperialist recognized that they must use the natural resources to win the battle. So they enlisted the help of Indian tribes. The Indians used their knowledge of the land and specialties of guerrilla warfare to dominate the forest between the rival empires. The war depleted the supplies within New France and caused the Indians to make peace with British Officials in order to get certain goods.