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CHAPTER 3
Growth of the American Colonies
(1689–1754)
English Parliament
Parliament had two houses:
The _________________-hereditary noblemen
The __________________-lesser nobles, merchants, and mayors
Both houses were dominated by Landowners.
Parliament had the power to ________ ____________________________
King Charles I demanded taxes without _____________________ consent.
Parliament felt the King was trying to _____________and the ___________ ______________________________
The Commons leader, Sir Edward Coke, came up with the ______________...a statement of a person's fundamental rights which the King should agree to honor.
Angry about this, and other concessions, Charles dissolves Parliament in 1629. It will not meet for 11 years.
Parliament could only meet legally with a royal summons.
Even today, this tradition is honored by Queen Elizabeth II, who invites Parliament to sit each fall.
Charles continues to ________________ the Parliament and forces them to take a stand….
In 1642, The English Civil War begins.
The Parliamentary forces were called _______________
The Royalist Forces were called _______________
Cromwell, the leader of Parliament defeated the Royalists and Charles was captured and executed
Bloodstained shirt of Charles I.
Cromwell refused the crown of England, saying he would be, instead, the Lord Protector
Cromwell died in 1658, and was succeeded by his son, Richard.
RICHARD WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE COUNTRY
England looked to the dead King’s son, Charles II to return from France and restore the Monarchy.
Theory of Mercantilism
A country should try to get and keep as much ____________, or gold and silver, as possible.
To achieve this, a country’s _________________, or the difference between imports and exports, should show _______________________________.
cotton
iron
lumber
furniture
tools
textiles
I’m bloody filthy rich!
Navigation Acts (1660's)
Ex.) sugar, tobacco, indigoMost products could be sold only to England.
All products going to the colonies had to first go through England where the products were taxed.
spices
tea
spices
tea
Effects on Trade LawsEuropean countries fought over ____________and ________________.
British rulers tightened controls over the American colonies.
King James II tried to take direct control over New York and New England by creating the Dominion of New England.
Anger in the Colonies
Colonists resented King’s power.
When Parliament replaced James II with his daughter Mary and her husband William of Orange, New England citizens rebelled and ended the Dominion.
Origins of Self-GovernmentThe colonial legislatures held the
most power. *_______________________________ _______________________________
*_______________________________ _______________________________
The Policy of Salutary Neglect “Salutary neglect” was
the ________________________________________________
The colonists govern themselves with ___________ ________________________
In turn, they were suppliers of raw materials for manufacture in England and as markets for those finished goods.
Colonial Economies
Southern Colonies• This economy was based on
staple crops, _______________________, both grown on large plantations worked by ____________.
Middle ColoniesThe economy was a mixture of
________ _____________________________________________support
ed the business of merchants, traders, and craftspeople.
New England ColoniesThe New England economy
relied on “__________________.” Merchants carried crops and goods from one place to another.
The business of trading goods between the Americas, Europe, and Africa, was called ______________.