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Queen Anne's War: https://cnx.org/contents/p7ovuIkl@3.37:gpobiLJr@3/Wars-for-Empire
Queen Anne's War - The War of the Spanish Succession
(1702 - 1713 - Florida, New England, and New France)
Great Britain fought for control of Eastern North American. New France was ultimately eliminated and Great Britain gained control of all the lands north of Florida and east of the Mississippi. This new found control began conflicts of Great Britain attempting to control the colonies which in turn began the rebellion of the colonist and a desire for freedom. -
The French and Indian War: https://cnx.org/contents/p7ovuIkl@3.37:gpobiLJr@3/Wars-for-Empire
Location: Frontier in present-day western Pennsylvania.
(1754–1763)
The French and Indian war led Great Britain into a tremendous amount of debt. The debt increased the strain and conflicts among the mother country of Great Britain and the North American colonies. Parliament was forced to find ways to raise revenue by raising taxes. These initial steps that Britain took raised doubt among the colonists. These suspicions would grow and swell over the coming years and led to rebellion. -
The American Revolution: https://cnx.org/contents/p7ovuIkl@3.37:hIZaYtH6@3/Britains-Law-and-Order-Strateg
The American Revolution was a political upheaval that took place between 1765 and 1783 during which colonists in the Thirteen Colonies maintained by force of arms their refusal to submit to the authority of the King of the United Kingdom and Ireland and Parliament of Great Britain and ultimately founded the independent United States. The American Revolution was made up of a series of multiple Civil wars. During this time two groups emerged among the colonists, the Loyalist and the Patriots. -
"The American Crisis" : https://cnx.org/contents/p7ovuIkl@3.37:y3UdIshM@3/The-Early-Years-of-the-Revolut
The American Crisis is a pamphlet series by 18th century Enlightenment philosopher and author Thomas Paine, originally published from 1776 to 1783 during the American Revolution. Paine wrote Common Sense, an section of this collection arguing and aided in convincing the colonist for the need to be independent from Great Britain. Paine's writing gave much needed purpose to the colonists and the Patriots. They were written in simple language so that all the colonist could understand the message. -
The Bill of Rights: https://cnx.org/contents/p7ovuIkl@3.37:8bDdDII4@3/Competing-Visions-Federalists-
Shortly after the Revolution began the development of political parties, the Federalists and Anti-Federalist. The colonist knew that they did not want the same type of Government rule as Great Britain, so thus began the early stages of our current democracy. The first 10 amendments to the Constitution make up the Bill of Rights, which was written by James Madison. The Bill of Rights lists specific prohibitions on governmental power. -
War of 1812: https://cnx.org/contents/p7ovuIkl@3.37:XB-kQhfG@3/The-United-States-Goes-Back-to
The War of 1812 also known as the Second War of American Independence, was a war due to unresolved issues with Great Britain and colonies. The British restricted the American trade since they feared it was harmful for their war with France and they also wanted to set up an Indian state in the Midwest in order to maintain their influence in the region. At the end of this war the United States boundaries stayed and they became separate from Britain and could now focus on expanding in the West.
