CHAPTER 3 SEC 1
England & Its Colonies
Mr. Clifford
US 1
Main Idea & Why It Matters
 England and its largely self-governing colonies
prospered under a mutually beneficial trade
relationship
 Why It Matters:
 The colonial system of self-governing colonies was the
forerunner of our modern system of self governing states.
Terms & Names
 Mercantilism
 Parliament
 Navigation Acts
 Glorious Revolution
 Salutary neglect
One’s American Story
 Read ‘One American’s Story’ pg. 66.
 Personal Voice: Eliza Lucas Pinckney
 “We please ourselves with the prospect of exporting in a few
years a good quantity from hence, and supplying our mother
country (Great Britain) with manufacture for which she has so
great a demand. . . “
 Who was Eliza Lucas Pinckney?
 How did Eliza and most colonists, living in the American colonies, feel about
their mother country Great Britain?
 Why were the colonies responsible for governing themselves? (Why did
England, a monarchy, let their 13 American colonies govern themselves?
 What effect did self-government have on colonists?
England and Its Colonies
 Mercantilism
- What is Mercantilism?:
AN ECONOMIC SYSTEM IN WHICH NATIONS
INCREASE THEIR WEALTH & POWER BY OBTAINING GOLD, SILVER,
& RAW MATERIALS A
- What role did the American colonies play in mercantilism?
SUPPLIED RAW MATERIALS TO MOTHER
COUNTRY BOUGHT PRODUCTS FROM ENGLAND
 Balance of Trade:
MORE GOODS ARE EXPORTED THAN
IMPORTED A FAVORABLE BALANCE OF TRADE INCREASES PROFIT
The Navigation Acts
- What were the Navigation Acts?
-
LAWS CREATED BY PARLIAMENT TO STOP
COLONISTS FROM TRADING PRECIOUS
‘RAW MATERIALS’ TO COUNTRIES OTHER
THAN ENGLAND.
- Why would England impose the acts on their own
colonies?
- ENSURE ALL RAW MATERIALS FROM
AMERICA GO DIRECTLY TO ENGLAND. SO
ENGLAND COULD PROFIT FROM
COLONISTS
Navigation Acts (continued)
How did the Navigation Acts benefit England?
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RAW
TURN
SELL
WORLD.
MATERIALS FROM AMERICA,
THEM INTO PRODUCTS, &
THEM TO THE REST OF THE
-
ALL
ONLY ENGLAND COULD ACQUIRE
ENGLAND MADE ALL THE MONEY,
WHILE THE COLONIES PROVIDED
THE MATERIALS.
What raw materials did North America have?
TENSIONS EMERGE
How did some of the colonists respond to the Navigation
Acts?
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NEW ENGLAND COLONISTS WERE
OUTRAGED (WHY?)
-
NEW ENGLAND MERCHANTS
OBEY THE NAVIGATION
ENGLAND (WHY/HOW?)
REFUSED TO
ACTS IN NEW
ONE OF
SHIPBUILDING
WORLD.
HOWEVER, THE NAVIGATION ACTS
HELPED NEW ENGLAND BECOME
THE MOST SUCCESFUL
INDUSTRIES IN THE
THE GLORIOUS
REVOLUTION

King James (Catholic) vs. Parliament (Protestant)
What happened in England?
-
PARLIAMENT (PROTESTANT) PASSED A SERIES OF LAWS THAT
GAVE IT (PARLIAMENT) AUTHORITY OVER THE KING (CATHOLIC)
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CATHOLIC KING JAMES LEFT THRONE
Who were William & Mary and how did they end up becoming King & Queen of England?
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MARY WAS KING JAMES’ PROTESTANT DAUGHTER & WILLIAM
WAS HER HUSBAND
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PARLIAMENT INVITED WILLIAM & MARY TO RULE ENGLAND
What happened to Sir Edmund Andros?
COLONISTS ARRESTED EDMUND ANDROS & HIS ROYAL
COUNCILORS
ENGLAND LOOSENS
REIGN
Why did ENGLAND decide to concentrate on France rather than on making sure colonists perform
their duties?
-
England and France were competing for control of Europe.
Salutary Neglect (Similar to school cell phone policy)
Appearances can be deceiving. . . . What was Salutary Neglect?
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ON PAPER, SALUTARY NEGLECT SEEMED LIKE IT
INCREASED CONTROL OVER COLONIES
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PARLIAMENT STRENGTHENED NAVIGATION ACTS EVEN THOUGH
ENGLAND SEEMED TO INCREASE CONTROL, IT ACTUALLY
LOOSENED IT!
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ENGLISH OFFICIALS ONLY LIGHTLY ENFORCED THE NEW
MEASURES
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ENGLAND RELAXED ITS ENFORCEMENT OVER THE
COLONIES IN RETURN FOR ECONOMIC LOYALTY TO ENGLAND
The Seeds of Self-Government
How did Salutary Neglect help the colonies create their
own government?
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Representative government.
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Colonial governors, appointed by the
king, were not as powerful as they
might seem.
-
laws
Colonial assemblies, used their voting
power, to influence the governor in a
variety of ways, from the approval of
to the appointment of judges.
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT
 THE KING:
 ROYAL GOVERNOR:
 COUNCIL:
 COLONIAL ASSEMBLY: