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Biography of America #3
Growth and Empire
1650-1763
1. How does Professor Miller describe the American Character in
the 18thcentry!
Miller begins by citing ". Hector t. "ohn de Cre$ecoer abot
American as a new race formed by
combining of different %ropean ethnicities& and that the gap
between rich and poor is mch
smaller in America. 'hen he cites Ben(amin )ran*lin& who
said that different colonies differedfrom one another in
go$ernment& economy& and religion. Miller then concldes
that both
Cre$ecoer and )ran*lin were correct+ the colonists were
de$eloping a common American
character despite the differences that e,isted between regions.
He also says that the colonists still
had strong tie to Britain.
-. iscss the political climate of the American colonies in the
18thcentry.
pain has territories in )lorida and sothwestern /orth America.
'he colony of 0eorgia was fond
in part to defend the colonies from the panish to the soth. As
for )rance& they held territories inCanada. 'he start of the
e$en ears2 ar in 1456& with Britain and )rance on opposing
side&
armed the British and the )rench against each other throghot the
world. 7n the /orth American
theater which actally began two years earlier as 9)rench and
7ndian ar:;& )rance allied itself
with the 7ndians and foght against the British. At first&
the British sffered a series of defeats andcolonial protest for
forced enlisting and seii$er topain. Althogh the colonists were
happy with British $ictory in the war& the war bdget will
be
the case of the impending crisis.
3. hat does Professor Miller mean when he says 9Ben(amin
)ran*lin was an ad$anced agent of an
ideological re$oltion:! iscss the changing natre of the American
character and the inflence
of the %nlightenment.
Miller means )ran*lin inspired many to become rich& to
wor*& and to rn their bsiness
independently from go$ernment reglation. 7t is an ideology
called pri$atism. )ran*lin belie$ed
that this wold benefit the society as a whole. At that time&
cities were growing and there weremore entrepreners rnning their
own bsiness. Also& )ran*lin was part of the
%nlightenment&
e$idenced from his many in$entions& disco$ery on
electricity& and his criticism of astrology.
