1. England and it’s Colonies

2. Prosperous Mercantilism = country’s ultimate goal is self-sufficiency
Looked for favorable balance of trade
Importing more gold then exporting
Americas looked at as market for British, land with natural resources, and producer of other goods

3. Navigation Acts
England is disappointed with amount of American products going else where
Opportunity to increase wealth
Seen as economic threat to England
English Parliament passes Navigation Acts
Increase in jobs in England
Increase in shipbuilding in the colonies

4. Tensions Many colonists resented the Navigation Acts
Began to trade illegally (black market)
King Charles punishes merchants and Massachusetts in belief they were the biggest resisters
Puritan leaders expressed opposition to royal authority
Revoke colonies charter and under strict Royal control

5. Dominion of New England
King James II succeeds Charles
Placed single ruler in charge of Northern colonies
Maine to New Jersey = Dominion of New England
Sir Edmund Andros – ruler of the Dominion of N.E.
“You have no more privileges left you, than not to be sold for slaves”
Questioned the Puritan religion
Strict punishment for not following Navigation Acts
Had local assemblies and levied taxes without input from local leaders

6. Glorious Revolution King James = less popular in England
Didn’t grasp how much England valued their Protestantism and Parliamentary rights
Parliament invites William and Mary (James’ Protestant daughter) from Holland
James flees the country
Promised William and Mary the throne
Glorious Revolution = series of laws establishing Parliamentary power over the monarch

7. Colonists arrest Andros Massachusetts charter reinstated
Governor elected by King of England
More religious toleration and non-Puritan representation in the colonial assembly

8. England “Chills Out” England turns attention towards France
Competing over control of Europe
Saw little need to use lots of troops to regulate economy as long as colonists performing their tasks
After Glorious Revolution England strengthens the Navigation Acts
Smuggling trials now run by English judges
Board of Trade = regulated colonial trade
Establish Salutary Neglect = loosen tight control in return for economic loyalty

9. In every colony a governor appointed by King was highest power
Watched over an advisory council and local assemblies
Had power to call and disband assemblies
Appointed and dismissed judges
Watched over all aspects of colonial trade
Colonial assembly paid governor not the King
Salutary Neglect is still working – many colonists still pledge allegiance to the King
Also colonists did not have much in common (North vs. South)

10. Nehemiah Grew Speaks
“The time may come… when the colonies may become populous and with the increase of arts and sciences strong and politic, forgetting their relation to the mother countries, will then confederate and consider nothing further than the means to support their ambition of standing of their [own] legs.”