1. New England Colonies: Seeds of Colonial Unity
Identify reasons for tumultuous relationship between English crown and New England colonies.
What is significant about the events surrounding the Dominion of New England?

2. New England Confederation
Identify similarities between New England colonies.
How does the geography of the New England colonies also create a sense of cohesiveness?
How does this compare with the Southern colonies?

3. New England Confederation
1643
Formed by four New England colonies: Massachusetts, Plymouth, Connecticut, & New Haven
Purpose: secure safety & borders from surrounding Dutch, French, and Natives
All Puritan
Weak
Colonies were able to maintain semi-autonomous commonwealths from England

4. New England Confederation
The original Articles of Confederation of the United Colonies of New England, dated May 19, 1643, included as its second section:
2. The said United Colonies for themselves and their posterities do jointly and severally hereby enter into a firm and perpetual league of friendship and amity for offence and defence, mutual advice and succor upon all just occasions both for preserving and propagating the truth and liberties of the Gospel and for their own mutual safety and welfare
What is significant about the New England Confederation?

5. The Restoration
1660
After the unsuccessful English Civil War, Parliaments restored King Charles II to the English throne
Imperialist King Charles II
Wanted tighter control over the
English American colonies
-WHY?

6. Conflict King Charles II upset with New England colonies:
Gave orders to stop persecution of Quakers
New Haven housed 2 judges that ordered execution of his father
Massachusetts assumed control over New Hampshire based on their interpretation of their charter
Ignoring the Navigation Acts- What did these acts state?
As punishment, charter was given to:
Connecticut (1662)
Rhode Island (1663).
Finally, in 1684, Massachusetts’ charter was revoked

7. Navigation Acts Created for British mercantile policies
First attempt to end salutary neglect

8. Dominion of New England
1686
King James II ( )
Unification of New England colonies (NY & NJ too) under strict control of England
Strict enforcement of navigation acts
Bolster colonial defenses against natives
Sir Edmund Andros appointed
governor

10. The Glorious Revolution
England
Overthrow of King James II
Catholic son
William & Mary of Orange are appointed
English Bill of Rights signed
If English can overthrow king, colonists will overthrow Andros
Massachusetts signs new charter in 1691
All landowning males acquire suffrage
Salutary neglect reemerges