An Emerging Colonial System

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An Emerging Colonial System
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The Thirteen Colonies

• Massachusetts (1692)
• New Hampshire (1680)
• Rhode Island (1630, 1691)
• Connecticut (1636, 1662)
• New York (1664)
• New Jersey (1674, 1702)
• Pennsylvania (1681)
• Delaware (1682, 1701)
• Maryland (1632)
• Virginia (1607)
• North Carolina (1663, 1729)
• South Carolina (1663, 1729)
• Georgia (1732)

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Classifying the Colonies

• Type of Charter
• __________
• __________
• __________
• Economic basis
• __________ __________ vs. __________ __________
• __________ / __________ / __________
• Location
• Chesapeake Bay colonies
• New England colonies
• Middle colonies
• Attitude towards religion
• Labor systems

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Mercantilism

• Core Beliefs
• __________ __________ (measured in __________
  __________)
• World supply of __________ __________ is
  __________
• __________ - __________ __________
• Policies
• __________ __________ of __________ __________
• __________ __________ of __________
• __________ __________
• Role of colonies
• __________ of __________ __________ for
  __________ __________
• __________ as __________ for __________ from
  _______ _______
• Colonies __________ __________ to __________
  __________

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The Navigation Acts

• Five passed in the 17th century
• 1651
• foreign ships from transporting goods from
  outside Europe to England or its colonies
• third party countries' ships from transporting
  goods from a country elsewhere in Europe to
  England
• 1660
• 1663
• required all European goods bound for America (or
  other colonies) to be shipped through England
• imports of 'enumerated commodities' (such as
  sugar, rice, and tobacco) had to be landed and
  pay tax before going on to other countries
• 1673
• 1696
• Increasingly __________ __________ __________
• Tried to force all _____ _____ to go _____ _____

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The Dominion of New England

• Created by James II in 1685
• Sir Edmund Andros named Royal Governor
• Placed all ___ ________ _______ in one __________
  __________
• Local __________ __________
• Generated __________ __________ _________
• __________ during ________ ________ (1688)

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The Dominion of New England

• King
• James
• II
• ?
• ?
• Sir
• Edmund
• Andros

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Thomas Hobbes

• 1651

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John Locke

• 1690

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Theories of Government

• Thomas Hobbes (The Leviathan 1651)
• _____ of ______ ____
• Social contract between _______ _______ _______
• Contract is _______
• John Locke (2nd Treatise on Government 1690)
• _____ of ______ ____ _____
• Individuals possess certain _______ _______
• Social contract between _______ _______ of
  _______
• _______ created by _______ to _______ _______
• Citizens have the _______ and the _______ to
  change the ________ if it _____ to fulfill its
  ______ or becomes a ________

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Powers of the Governor

• Absolute _______ over _______
• Power over the _______
• Determined when where it would meet
• Could _______ _______
• Could _______ _______
• Could _______ _______ _______
• Power of the judiciary
• Could _______ _______ _______
• _______ and _______ _______
• _______ _______ _______
• _______ the _______

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Powers of the Assemblies

• _______ _______
• _______ _______
• _______ _______ _______

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Voting in the Colonies

• Assemblies chosen by _______ _______
• Religious tests _______ after 1689
• Modest _______ _______
• Most _______, _______ _______ could vote
• Who could not vote?
• _______
• _______
• _______
• _______

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French Settlement Characteristics

• _______ _______
• Much _______ _______ than _______
• Developed _______ _______ w/ _______ _______
• Built _______ _______ rather than _______
• Acted as _______ between _______
• Gained _______ _______ _______

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The Wars for Empire

• King Williams War (1689-1697)
• War of the League of Augsburg
• War of the English Succession
• Queen Annes War (1702-1713)
• The War of Spanish Succession
• King Georges War (1744-1748)
• The War of Austrian Succession
• The French and Indian War (1754-1763)
• The Seven Years War
• The Great War for Empire

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Relations between England and her colonies

• _______ not _______ _______
• _______ _______ exercised _______ _______
• British laws ___ always _______ _______ in
  colonies
• Colonies developed _______ _______ _______ that
  were _______ _______
• Colonists were _______, but sometimes _______
  _______
• Colonies had not been _______ (or _____) to ____
  ___ _____ of _______ _______ _______