Issues Back At Home APUSH; October 6, 2014
WHAT IS A COLONY?
What is a colony? a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country. The single rationale of colonies was to serve the interests of the mother country. To supply it with products, chiefly raw materials and certain food products, that it would otherwise have to buy-in from a "foreign country" - possibly one with which it already suffered an adverse balance of trade - and/or to supply it with goods that could be "re-exported" beyond the empire, to the advantage of the "mother" country. Certainly nothing should be permitted to happen or develop in the colony that would be to the detriment of the mother country, either through direct competition in its own domestic markets or by competition with its domestic products in foreign markets
Conflicts of the 1600s in England English Civil War Commonwealth of England The Protectorate The First Anglo-Dutch War The Anglo-Spanish War The Restoration The Glorious Revolution
The English Civil War ( ) Parliament vs. Royalists Outcomes: Execution of King Charles I, the Establishment of the Commonwealth of England, and the exile of Charles II Parliament seen a temporary council “Personal Rule” Rebellion in Scotland Parliament victory-Oliver Cromwell
Commonwealth of England & The Protectorate ( ) Oliver Cromwell-Lord Protectorate Puritan military ruler/dictator Overthrows the Parliament Son: Richard *Dutch and Spanish Wars
The Restoration (1660) Cromwell’s death Stuart Monarch Bring back Charles II Lingering issues: relationship between Parliament and the crown, state attitude toward religion, and no legitimate heir Brother: James II-Catholic (1685) Great Catholic Scare
Glorious Revolution (1688) William III of Orange and Mary II (Protestant) James flees for France British Bill of Rights (1689) Limits King’s Powers Empowers Parliament Rights to individual No more Divine Right; Constitutional Monarchy