Chapter 3
Section 4 Emerging
Tensions
Western Expansion
Mid 1700’s population doubled every 25
years
 Immigrants
Started coming from Ireland &
Germany
 Started to move west for more land
 migration
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Native American & French Reaction
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Native Americans
 Ohio & Susquehanna River valleys
lived the Delaware, Shawnee, &
Huron
Forced to move westward
 Mid 1700’s disease & wars took a toll
on Natives
Southern frontier the Cherokees,
Creeks, & Chicksaws created a
powerful barrier to westward expansion
 French Actions
 Sent defenders to strengthen the Detroit
settlement & seize the Ohio valley
 Built Fort Presque Isle (Erie) &
attacked & killed the men defending an
English trading post in the Ohio valley
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Whoever controlled the forks of
where the Ohio, Allegheny, &
Monongahela rivers meet could
dominate the entire region
Religious Tensions
The Great Awakening
 1730’s & 1740’s- Congregationalists led a
series of revivals designed to renew
religious enthusiasm & commitment
 Sought to remind people of the power of
God & the authority of ministers

Energized people to speak for
themselves & to rely less on the
traditional authority of ministers &
books
 Ministers preached that any Christian
could have a personal relationships
with Christ
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Churches reorganize
New England change to Baptist
 Southern Baptist & Methodist
 Celebration of ordinary people
 Drew people at the middle or
bottom of colonial society
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Great Awakening had long term
social & political affects
 Attacked the idea that some
people are better than others
 Many denominations split
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