The Spanish gained an early foothold in the colonies, quickly becoming the most powerful European power in the New World.

European arrival in the Americas decimated both indigenous people and previously-flourishing ecosystems.

The beginning of the Atlantic slave trade uprooted previously established societal norms in West Africa.

An overview of the development of the eighteenth century Atlantic economy allowing American colonists access to British goods leading to a consumer revolution and made printed materials available (novels, magazines, pamphlets).

An overview of how the Age of Enlightenment influenced the American colonies in thought, Benjamin Franklin, and the colony of Georgia.

An overview of the Great Awakening and how the Protestant Revivalism effected England and the American colonies during the eighteenth century.

An overview of the American colonists response to the Intolerable Acts and how it began to unify the colonists.

An overview of the American colonist reaction to the Stamp Act.

An overview of the Townshend Acts and Committees of Correspondence during American colonial times.

An overview of the Transatlantic Trade whereby Europe, Africa, and the America's engaged in a network of people, raw materials, finished goods, merchants, and sailors bringing wealth to colonial empires. The consequences of the...