The Seven Years War and the Great Awakening

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3. Even though some colonial women fought in the war, the life of women didn’t change much after the war. The women were the primary educators in the household, and since the ideology was of strong republic was educated citizens, women gained the right to study in order to educate their sons.

Video #5 Tea, Taxes, and the American Revolution

1. It did not stop the slavery and women still didn’t have many rights, including voting. White men who did not own property also didn’t have rights to vote.

2. Colonists weren’t so upset about the taxes related to Stamp Act itself, as much on the fact that they didn’t have representation in the Parliament. The British Acts resulted in more boycotts and protest , but also better organization of colonists. One way that colonists protested British taxation was boycotting British products, in result which they created the Committee of Correspondence.

3. Before the war started most of the colonies were self-governing and felt that they are separate and different from Great Britain.

Video #6 The Constitution, The Articles and The Federalism

1. Anti-Federalists believed that Constitution granted way too much power in federal courts.

2. Constitution stated that every slave had to be returned to his master, which basically meant that they couldn’t escape to the state where slavery was outlawed.

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Video #7 Where the US Politics Came From

1. Republicans wanted more democracy and more free speech, were on the other hand Federalists saw free speech as a treat.

2. Five step plan proposed by Hamilton included: 1) Establish the nations credit-worthiness. 2) Create a national debt. 3) Create a bank of the United States. 4) A whiskey tax. 5) Imposing a tariff. First four proposals succeeded.

3. Alien Act, described the period of time to become a citizens and Sedition Act, which made criticizing a government a crime.