North America and the Atlantic world 1660-1763′

North America and the Atlantic world 1660-1763′

The British North American

colonies diversified in this period, and they also became more uniformly and

distinctively Anglo-American. Using evidence, explain the factors that promoted

the development of a unified identity despite growth and diversification.

In the 1660s, the

colonial enterprise patterns in the Americans became clear. England colonies

became after the 1707 Act of Union with

Scotland with 1660-1763 becoming a period of growth and diversification

(Armitage & Braddick, 2009). At this period, there was an explosion of

slave imports to plantation settlements as a variety of the European natives

from Ireland and other parts united in fast-growing areas of neo- European plantations.

There was also a clear imperial visualization for the American holdings, which

grew gently, and the colonies remained mostly autonomous of crown regulation.

In 1689, Europe encountered

a period of conflict, which had a significant influence on America. The

spilling of the war into North America, Spanish, British, and French colonies

made the colonies engage deeper with neighboring Indians. The colonies further pursued

to hire the Indians as associates in their fights to govern North American region

(Armitage & Braddick, 2009). The Native American polities were also

encountering dramatic transformations at this particular period, thus redesigning

themselves to operate more effectively concerning their neighboring European nationals.

The non- English

Europeans moved to the Atlantic in big numbers. There was an alteration of the tribal

landscape of the mainland of Britain by 115,000 Ireland migrants and 100,000

Germans (Armitage & Braddick, 2009). Each of the migrant groups fought to

sustain its identity and independence in a promptly transforming landscape. For

that reason, each group struggled to become more dominant; hence, later, they

saw the need to unite. Other factors that contributed were the immigration,

warfare, as well as trade, which created a way for rigorous interactions across

Atlantic. The collaborations and cultural movements unified the increasingly

different colonies of British North America.

References

Armitage, D., &

Braddick, M. J. (Eds.). (2009). The

British Atlantic World, 1500-1800.

Macmillan International Higher Education.