Interesting topics from "American Colonies"

1. American Colonies Various Chapters and Subjects of InterestTerry Onley

2. Men and Money After the “Glorious Revolution”,England spent huge amounts of moneyon the war with France. The militarygrew to unprecedented proportions.All that money had to come from somewhere… More Taxes!! Sowing the seeds of discontent…

3. Pirates! A merry Life, and a short one… At the end of the 17th Century, theBritish reassessed their formerlenient (they authorized the pirate’sendeavors) stance on piracy.The pirates began to look like liabilities to successful empire. Buried Treasure!

4. Goods Alexander Hamilton thought that Luxuryshould be confined to the Rich alone…What a jerk! The proliferation of reasonably priced consumer goods in the colonies allowed many less thanwealthy folk to enjoy unseemly luxuries. Nice looking-glass, Alice! You’d have thought they would havepreferred the crummy stuff…

5. Revivals! Big stuff in the early 18th Century; Fire and Brimstone and the promise of Heaven… search yoursouls. Brothers and Sisters, are yousaved, or are you gonna burn in Hell for ETERNITY?!?! Whitefield preaching…

6. Horses and Guns The introduction of guns and horses to the aboriginal population changed their livesforever… war and hunting became at thesame time easier, and in the case of war, far more deadly. Lots easier to make raids onthe settlers villages, too. Guns became a life-or-death necessity. OOPS!!

7. Missions Ahh, the lovely,idyllic Missionsof California… Where the good Franciscan Brothersconverted and enslaved the localIndians, creating a legacy of hatredand distrust that endures to this day…

8. Men and Money Goods Pirates!! The aristocratic descendents of Alexander Hamiltoninextricably entwined these… Of course, most of these topicsare still with us in the present… The End Revivals! Hmmm… I’ll have to get back to you on this one. TV evangelists! Moonies! Missions Horses and Guns