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England by Mind Map: England

1. Government

1.1. Oligarchy

1.1.1. MPs

1.1.1.1. Tories

1.1.1.1.1. Rural aristocrats asking for lower taxes

1.1.1.2. Whigs

1.1.1.2.1. More dynamic noblemen and bourgeois

2. Economy

2.1. Based on agriculture

2.1.1. high productivity

2.2. 18th century based on trade of agricultural products

2.3. British Inventions

2.3.1. Flying shuttle(1733)

2.3.2. Mechanical spinning wheel(1764)

2.3.3. Steam engine(1768)

2.4. Investments in manufacturing (textile)

3. Colonies

3.1. North America

3.1.1. Population

3.1.1.1. Increase of inhabitants of the North American colonies

3.1.2. Society

3.1.2.1. Arrival of immigrants

3.1.2.1.1. religious(17th century) and social(18th century) reasons

3.1.2.2. Characterized by diversity, not by uniformity

3.1.2.3. The absence of an aristocracy favours democracy

3.1.2.4. 1773: colonists attack three British ships carrying tea

3.1.3. Economy

3.1.3.1. Based on agriculture, fishing and industry

3.1.3.2. Triangular trade

3.1.3.2.1. America

3.1.3.2.2. Africa

3.1.3.2.3. Europe

3.1.4. The American revolution

3.1.4.1. British king increases taxes for the American colonies

3.1.4.1.1. 1765: colonists start to boycott British goods

3.1.4.1.2. 1770: a tax on tea is introduced

3.1.4.2. The war of independence

3.1.4.2.1. July 4, 1776: the Declaration of Independence is signed

3.1.4.2.2. 1784: the thirteen colonies become independent

3.1.4.3. 1774: colonists gather in Philadelphia to affirm their rights, they organize armed militias against Britain

3.2. Barbados

3.3. South Africa