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*1763 British won war with France | *1763 British won war with France | ||
| − | :*taxed and regulated colonies more than before | + | :*taxed and regulated colonies more than before. |
| + | :Principles were articulated in the colonies in a way that created differences and ultimately confrontation with the British. | ||
*Declared independence in 1776 | *Declared independence in 1776 | ||
*War of Independence resulted in England recognizing American independence with the Treaty of Paris in 1783 | *War of Independence resulted in England recognizing American independence with the Treaty of Paris in 1783 | ||
*1787 wrote a new constitution | *1787 wrote a new constitution | ||
*March 1789 the constitution went into effect | *March 1789 the constitution went into effect | ||
| + | :election in 1780 demonstrated that the constitution worked - peaceful transition from Federalists (Washington, Adams) to Democratic Republicans (Jefferson, James Madison) | ||
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| + | 2nd Crisis was Civil War | ||
| + | :At time of American Revolution, all the leaders and public opinion saw slavery as an abomination. | ||
| + | :30 years later, it became fashionable to | ||
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| + | A new view of human being. | ||
| + | :Not a product of nature and God's providence - a product of time and circumstance - some inferior and we get to own them | ||
| + | :Land to west was being opened up. Would need laws - which would allow slavery or not. Slavery required a lot of laws to support it to enforce it on an unwilling race. | ||
| + | :So would have to decide if the new land would have slavery or not. Created a crisis that culminated in the Civil War. | ||
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| + | Third Crisis: | ||
| + | :The idea that humans are evolving as is society and everything is changing. | ||
| + | :We have science that has given us understanding of historical process of progress and that we can administer scientifically to get control of progress. | ||
| + | :This is a major claim of the current day. | ||
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:The final cause: The principles in the Declaration of Independence | :The final cause: The principles in the Declaration of Independence | ||
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Revision as of 22:35, 5 July 2014
2014/07/02 User:Jeff
Timeline
- 1763 British won war with France
- taxed and regulated colonies more than before.
- Principles were articulated in the colonies in a way that created differences and ultimately confrontation with the British.
- Declared independence in 1776
- War of Independence resulted in England recognizing American independence with the Treaty of Paris in 1783
- 1787 wrote a new constitution
- March 1789 the constitution went into effect
- election in 1780 demonstrated that the constitution worked - peaceful transition from Federalists (Washington, Adams) to Democratic Republicans (Jefferson, James Madison)
2nd Crisis was Civil War
- At time of American Revolution, all the leaders and public opinion saw slavery as an abomination.
- 30 years later, it became fashionable to
A new view of human being.
- Not a product of nature and God's providence - a product of time and circumstance - some inferior and we get to own them
- Land to west was being opened up. Would need laws - which would allow slavery or not. Slavery required a lot of laws to support it to enforce it on an unwilling race.
- So would have to decide if the new land would have slavery or not. Created a crisis that culminated in the Civil War.
Third Crisis:
- The idea that humans are evolving as is society and everything is changing.
- We have science that has given us understanding of historical process of progress and that we can administer scientifically to get control of progress.
- This is a major claim of the current day.
The causes of America
- The material cause: The enormous blessing of a great expanse of new land and the people that built a civilization in the wilderness and all the rest.
- The efficient cause: the founders
- The formal cause of the United States (the form): The Constitution
- The final cause: The principles in the Declaration of Independence
