1. Early Colonial America I. The Importance of Economics-
The Navigation Laws
World trade competition fierce. English seek to dominate it.
The Navigation Laws of 1660 & 1663*…
All Trade w/England illegal, EXCEPT on English-built ships & crews of 3/4rds English.
2. The transport of raw materials from colonies to anyplace EXCEPT England illegal.
3. The transport of goods to English colonies illegal, EXCEPT from England.
*This is the basis of Mercantilism, a state-controlled trade system to benefit the mother/host country.

2. The “Triangle Trade”

3. Wars of 1689-97, 1702-13 & 1744-48 over control of continent & trade
Wars of , & over control of continent & trade. No real results.
Eastern N. America, 1650’s-1763.

4. 1754-63 French-Indian War (Seven Years’ War).
The Treaty of Paris (1763).

5. II. The Age of Enlightenment (1600-1789):
The Development of Radical Ideas
Johannes Kepler
Leo
Galileo
Scientific advances emphasized “natural laws.”
Nikoli
Copernicus
Sir Isaac Newton

6. II. The Age of Enlightenment (1600-1789):
The Development of Radical Ideas
“Divine Right,” Absolute Monarchs…
Ruled arbitrarily
2. They decided law, war, life, death
3. They controlled the army & “purse.”
4. They “bestowed” rights
5. Held unchallenged power.
6. Power & titles inherited.
Not natural
French King Louis XIV, “The Sun King”

7. II. The Age of Enlightenment (1600-1789):
The Development of Radical Ideas
Thomas Hobbs
Montesquieu
John Locke
Rousseau
Voltaire

8. II. The Age of Enlightenment (1600-1789):
The Development of Radical Ideas
Used “natural laws” to study government & man.
Enlightened thinkers often believed in Deism.
What should the relationship be?
God created man with certain, unalienable rights.
State served citizens & held power by consent of the governed.
Three branch government to control power.
Social Contract: Governments had basic obligations towards its citizens.

9. Enlightenment philosophers also used precedent to base rights
Judeo/Christian Laws & Ethics, Ten Commandments
Ancient Greece & Rome
Magna
Carta
(1215)
Magna Carta (1215)
“English Common Law”
Enlightenment builds on this.
Mayflower Compact (1620)