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Chapter 4

Chapter 4 . Bonds of Empire . Rebellion and War. A. Royal Centralization. 1660-1688 English monarchs attempted to rule like absolute monarchs in England with little regard for parliament or colonial legislatures Duke of York Considered Elected assemblies dangerous

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Chapter 4

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  1. Chapter 4 Bonds of Empire

  2. Rebellion and War

  3. A. Royal Centralization • 1660-1688 English monarchs attempted to rule like absolute monarchs in England with little regard for parliament or colonial legislatures • Duke of York Considered Elected assemblies dangerous • 90% of positions were held by military leaders • By 1680 60% of all American Colonists were ruled by “governor generals”

  4. 5. New Englanders were the most resentful • Massachusetts declared its citizens exempt from the rules • 1679 To Punish Mass the king created New Hampshire • 1684 he revokes Mass Charter and made it a royal Colony

  5. B. Dominion of New England • The Dominion of New England in America (1686–1689) was anadministrative union of Englishcolonies in the New England region of North America. • It was a failure, because the colonies deeply resented being stripped of theirtraditional rights • The very large area composed of present-day ME, NH,VT, MS, RI, CT, NY and NJ • It was too large for a single governor to manage.

  6. 2. Edmond Andros • Military Governor • Closed colonial legislatures • Limited town to 1meeting per year • Enforced TOLLORATION OF Anglicans and the Navigation Acts • Gained some support by appointing colonial elites to offices

  7. C. Glorious Revolution • 1688 the English deposed King James II, in a bloodless revolution, and invited his daughter, Mary, and her husband, William, to assume the throne.

  8. Dismantled the Dominion of New England • Allowed CTand RIto elect their own governors • Allowed MS to rule Maineand NH • The crown would select the Governor of Mass not the colonial legislature • Property ownershipnot church member ship became the criteria for voting • Colony had to tolerateof Religious groups

  9. Colonial Economies and Societies

  10. A. Economies • Mercantilism - an economic theory widely favored during the 16th and 17th centuries. It held that a favorable balance of exports over imports would result in national wealth and power. Under mercantilism, a nation's economic and colonial policy should be directed to bring as much wealth as possible into the country.

  11. 2. Communities • Immigration • Population Growth • Rural men and Women • Farmers • Urban Paradox • Slavery • Colonial Elites

  12. III. Competing for a Continent • France and Native Americans • Britain and Native Americans • British Expansion: Georgia • Spain

  13. IV. Public Life in British American • Colonial Politics • Enlightenment- an intellectual movement in Europe during the 18th century. People who believed in the Enlightenment argued that life could be improved, and that using reason was the best way to promote progress. • John Locke • Benjamin Franklin • Great Awakening- an enthusiastic outpouring of religious fervor in the middle of the 18th century in Colonial America. • Methodist • Baptist

  14. Colonial religions

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