New history

King Philip’s War

            -Summer 1676

            -Metacom/ King Philip

            -Vicious War/ Mohegan Indians

Nat Bacon’s Rebellion

            1676

            Governor Berkeley limits colonist expansion

            Bacon Raises troups and kills Indians.

            Berkeley declares Bacon an outlaw

            Bacon burns down Berkeley’s mansion

            British troops hang Bacon’s followers

Salem Witch Trials

Important: Shows the danger of church and state connection

Great Awakening

            1740’s

            Jonathan Edwards- Religious Revival: “Sinners in the hands of the Angry god”

            Heads to the founding of many universities:Princeton, Brown, Rutgers, Dartmouth

            Divisions of Church/state

            Spirit of toleration

John Peter Zenger

            1732

            Trial for printing “advertisements” or political cartoons

            Freedom of the press

French and Indian War

            French/ English World domination + North America

William Pitt

            Conquest of North America

            Able to borrow/ raise money to win the war

           

John Wolfe Jeffrey Amhearst