The Sepoy Rebellion is considered an important event in Indian history...?
The Sepoy Rebellion is considered an important event in Indian history because it was one cause of the 1. independence movement in India 2. secession of Bangladesh from Pakistan 3. establishment ot trench colonies in India 4. creation of the Mughal Empire by Muslims
Did the French and Indian War speed up or hold back the American Revolution? Why?
In many repsects, it was the root cause of the American rebellion. Having expended an awful lot of resources in protecting our possessions from the French, it was thought that the inhabitants of those possessions ought to bear part if the cost. This caused some ill feeling.
If the British Army had won control over the American colonies in North America, would the U.S. have ever been created?
Maybe… Ironically had the original American revolution not succeed, slavery might be the one issue that forced (at least) the Southern states to rebel again. The economic divide between the industrialized north and the agricultural south will likely persist. But England was on an industrialization path just like the Northern States. Technological progress, combined with business interest (not to mentioned Victorian England also has its own moral / religious awakening in the 1800s and finds Slavery to be morally repulsive) will mean that slavery will likely be outlawed sooner rather than later. Same argument that started the Civil War would likely be used to to succeed from England.The difference? The South would surely lose, if a 2nd American revolution is about keeping slavery as an institution, the British can likely count on the Northern colonies to stay loyal. Without the northern population and industrial base, a Southern rebellion will be crushed easily.This of course assumes a lot of different factors, the most important is the assumption that Northern colonies will continue to industrialized at similar pace even had the original American revolution not succeed. And this is a BIG IF, remember one of the main reason that drove the North to rebel against Britain in the first place was the artificial restriction on industrial / manufacturing development in the colonies. Northern States / Colonies may well have been far less industrialized had the original American revolution not succeed. In that case the Northern Colonies might just join their Southern brothers in rebellion once again.
How did King Philip's War, Bacon's Rebellion, and the Salem witch trials illustrate...more below.?
I don't see a similarity among the three. King Philip's war was one of the first indian Wars in New England and was between Indians and white colonials with the British government's blessing. Bacon's Rebellion was a war against Indians by colonials without the British Government's consent. The Salem Witch Trials were a combination of children who were afraid of being punished for "practicing magic", coupled with a land grab, coupled with family and neighborhood disputes. It had the blessing of t he colonial and British Governments for a while and ended with it lost that blessing. There were no similarities to illustrate "crisis for British North America" in any of these except possibly Bacon's rebellion, and that was very small indeed.
Why did the American colonies move from loyalty to protest to rebellion in the 12yrs. following the 7yrs. war?
The main reason is because the English fought most of the French and Indian war, so they were very in debt after the war. This caused them to start to heavily tax the colonists, like the Sugar Taxes, and a few others. The colonists, during the 7 years war, had gotten used to the fact the English government didnt have time for them and ignored them, so when they started taxing them heavily, they got very upset. Also, in Boston, english troops were being forced onto Bostonians, quartering, so they had to provide for the troops, who were [supposedly] rude and mean, which resulted in the Boston massacre, which totally outraged the colonists and only about 50% of the colonists were even british in ethnicity, so most were immigrants and outraged that the english crown was trying to control them hopes this helps!
What happened in Bacon's Rebellion?
Bacon's Rebellion was a popular revolt in colonial Virginia in 1676, led by Nathaniel Bacon. High taxes, low prices for tobacco, and resentment against special privileges given those close to the governor, Sir William Berkeley, provided the background for the uprising, which was precipitated by Berkeley's failure to defend the frontier against attacks by Native Americans. Bacon commanded two unauthorized but successful expeditions against the tribes and was then elected to the new House of Burgesses, which Berkeley had been forced to convene. When he attempted to take his seat, Berkeley had him arrested. Soon released, Bacon gathered his supporters, marched on Jamestown, and coerced Berkeley into granting him a commission to continue his campaigns against Native Americans. A circumspect assembly then passed several reform measures. The governor, having failed to raise a force against Bacon, fled to the Eastern Shore. He gathered enough strength to return to Jamestown, where he proclaimed Bacon and his men rebels and traitors. After a sharp skirmish Bacon recaptured the capital (Berkeley again took flight) but, fearing that he could not hold it against attack, set fire to the town. Bacon now controlled the colony, but he died suddenly (Oct., 1676), and without his leadership the rebellion collapsed. After a few months Berkeley returned to wreak a bloody vengeance before he was forced to return to England. Berkeley's removal and the end of attacks by Native Americans were the only benefits the yeomen had won in the rebellion, and the tidewater aristocracy long maintained its power.