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Early U.S. History Lecture #3

Early U.S. History Lecture #3. English Colonies in America 1660-1750. English Politics led to “salutary neglect” and a habit of self-rule and liberty in the colonies. Imported slaves were denied the promises of American life. Oliver Cromwell.

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Early U.S. History Lecture #3

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  1. Early U.S. HistoryLecture #3 English Colonies in America 1660-1750

  2. English Politics led to “salutary neglect” and a habit of self-rule and liberty in the colonies. • Imported slaves were denied the promises of American life.

  3. Oliver Cromwell

  4. Chopping down this tree signifies the end of royal authority, stability, the Magna Charta, and the rule of law. As pigs graze (representing the unconcerned common people), being fattened for slaughter, Oliver Cromwell, the lord protector who also controlled the army, quotes Scripture while his feet are in hell. This cartoon of 1649 is a royalist view of the collapse of Charles I's government and the rule of Cromwell. "The Royall Oake of Brittayne" Courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum

  5. Charles II

  6. Mercantilism—Jean Colbert • Defined wealth as gold and silver • Believed that wealth was limited • Implemented policies to increase exports and decrease imports. 1. Gave monopolies to national merchants 2. Increased domestic manufacturing 3. Increased tariffs 4. Restricted trade in colonies with only the mother country.

  7. Navigation Acts • Restate each act in your own words. • What changes took place in the acts over the years? • Why did the English government have to continually amend these acts? What does that tell you about the relations between the government and the colonists?

  8. James II

  9. John Locke’s Two Treatises on Government • Rulers govern only with the consent of the governed. • Rulers may only raise taxes through consent of the people, expressed through representation in the legislature. • The purpose of government is to protect the natural rights of citizens. • Citizens have the right to life, liberty and property. • Citizens may replace rulers who fail to protect natural rights.

  10. Atlantic System Europe The Americas Africa

  11. William Byrd II

  12. Robert Walpole

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