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  • The Québec Act 1774

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    The Québec Act 1774

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    After victory in the Seven Years’ War, the British gained possession from France of vast Canadian territories together with the western hinterlands of their American colonies. In the aftermath of the war, those American colonies became increasingly alienated by the British government’s attempt to recoup its war debts by ‘taxation... More

  • The Treaty of Paris 1783

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    The Treaty of Paris 1783

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    The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris in 1783 by America and Britain, recognized American independence. The terms, superficially, seemed generous: land granted to the west of the pre-existing colonies more than doubled the size of the nascent state. But Britain had a sound commercial interest in maintaining constructive relations,... More

  • Tidewater Virginia Settlements 1607–21

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    Tidewater Virginia Settlements 1607–21

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    The early colonists of Virginia diced with extinction. The ‘Great Starvation’ accounted for 80 per cent of their number; the desperate survivors were evacuating the colony, before being intercepted by the incoming governor, Thomas West, and forced to return. West installed a more muscular regime, waging a four-year war with... More

  • Trade and Industry c. 1750

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    Trade and Industry c. 1750

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    By c. 1750, immigration, high birth rates and abundant natural resources had turned the thirteen colonies into a major consumer and exporter of goods. Most of colonial America’s exports were agricultural, with the Carolinas, Georgia and Virginia exporting raw and processed feed grains, including wheat, Indian corn, rice and tobacco.... More

  • Washington in the West 1748–54

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    Washington in the West 1748–54

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    The Ohio Company was a land speculation company owned by Virginians, who wanted to create a trading settlement in Ohio, west of Virginia. The company was given a land grant by the British government in 1749 and received investments from Virginian colonists who were interested in the trading opportunities the... More

  • Western Land Claims 1782–90

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    Western Land Claims 1782–90

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    In 1763, the Royal Proclamation had forbidden American colonists to settle west of a line running along the watershed of the Appalachian Mountains. The Treaty of Paris (1783) concluding the American Revolutionary War granted the colonies additional territory from the Appalachians to the Mississippi: almost 387,000 sq miles (1 million... More

Colonial North America Map

The Map Archive is your one-stop solution for buying colonial Amercia maps online. We have a range of colonial North America map in the 1600s and 1700s, which trace its history from the foundation of the first British colony, in Jamestown, Virginia (1607) to the American Revolution against British rule. Many colonists travelled to North America because they were fleeing religious persecution, such as the Pilgrims, who founded the colony of Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620. On arrival they encountered Native Americans, who assisted the colonists and taught them how to cultivate New World grains. Other colonists also arrived: predominantly from France, Spain and the Dutch Republic. Spain established several outposts in Florida, and there were numerous conflicts between Spain and Britain. French colonialism was centred on the Saint Lawrence River in Canada, the Great Lakes, the Mississippi River and Louisiana. The Dutch established a thriving colony, New Netherland, in the regions of New York state and New Jersey. In 1664 the English captured the Dutch city of New Amsterdam and renamed in New York. The Thirteen Colonies founded by Britain on the eastern seaboard were the dominant power in North America. In the 18th century, plantation agriculture – with tobacco and cotton as the main cash crops – began to thrive in the southern states and the Caribbean, and became dependent on the importation of thousands of slave labourers from West Africa, who made up a growing percentage of the colonial population. From the mid-18th century colonial subjects became increasingly restless, and sought to gain control of their own affairs, outside the control of the British government. A period of political agitation and rebellion led to the American Revolution (1765–83) and, ultimately, independence.
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