Embed Size (px)
DESCRIPTION
World History: The Human Journey - Modern World
Citation preview
CHAPTER 11
Section 1: Civil War and Revolution
Section 2: Constitutional Monarchy in England
Section 3:English Colonial ExpansionSection 4: The Enlightenment
Section 5: The American Revolution
Enlightenment and Revolution in England and America
Israel and the Occupied Territories
SECTION 3
11.3 Bell Ringer Question:What are some effects of mercantilism?
English Colonial Expansion
Mercantilism
Israel and the Occupied Territories
SECTION 3
Beginnings of the British EmpireBegins in 1600s (17th century)English navy becomes a major forceEngland becomes leader in world trade
English Colonial Expansion
Israel and the Occupied Territories
SECTION 3
English Colonial Expansion
John Cabot 1497-98
Gave England its first claim to North America
Israel and the Occupied Territories
SECTION 3
Sea DogsEnglish sea captains under Queen Elizabeth I
explorers & adventurers
Sir Francis Drake Sir Walter Raleigh
English Colonial Expansion
Israel and the Occupied Territories
SECTION 3
English Colonial Expansion
Spanish Armada 1588
Israel and the Occupied Territories
SECTION 3
What is a charter?
English Colonial Expansion
A charter is like a business license that is issued by a monarch that gives the holder exclusive rights to do trade.
The monarch makes money! The company makes money!
Israel and the Occupied Territories
SECTION 3
English Colonial Expansion
British East India Company
Israel and the Occupied Territories
SECTION 3
The British in AmericaEngland was slow to establish colonies in America.
English Colonial Expansion
Jamestown 1607
Israel and the Occupied Territories
SECTION 3
English Colonial ExpansionPlymouth 1620
Israel and the Occupied Territories
SECTION 3
Why did they come to the New World?
English Colonial Expansion
• Adventure and fame• Desire for new sources of wealth• Wanted to spread Christianity
God, Glory, And Gold!
Religious persecution, land, better opportunities
Israel and the Occupied Territories
SECTION 3
English Colonial Expansion
MERCANTILI$M
Israel and the Occupied Territories
SECTION 3
English Colonial Expansion
The worldhas a fixed amount of resources.
Each country has a slice of the pie.
Israel and the Occupied Territories
SECTION 3
English Colonial Expansion
How does a country get more of the pie?
By expanding into colonies!
Israel and the Occupied Territories
SECTION 3
English Colonial Expansion
A country’s power depends on its wealth so . . . .
The more money you have the more power you have.
How does a country make money?
TRADE
Israel and the Occupied Territories
SECTION 3
English Colonial ExpansionHow does a country
increase trade?By selling more than it buys . . . . . But they need more natural resources
to produce more.Where will they get
more natural resources?
Israel and the Occupied Territories
SECTION 3
English Colonial Expansion
COLONIES IN THE
NEW WORLD
Israel and the Occupied Territories
SECTION 3
English Colonial Expansion
Israel and the Occupied Territories
SECTION 3
How will Britain (the mother country) control the colonies’
trade?
English Colonial Expansion
Regulations that would not allow the colonies to sell or buy from any
other country.
Israel and the Occupied Territories
SECTION 3
One law required colonists to sell certain products only to
Britain – even if better prices were available in another
country.
English Colonial Expansion
Israel and the Occupied Territories
SECTION 3
Colonists resented the trade regulations, and
they found ways to evade the laws.
English Colonial Expansion
Smuggling!
Until the mid-1700s, the British gov’t did not try very hard to enforce its trade restrictions.
Israel and the Occupied Territories
SECTION 3
Now close your books. Get your notes out
to take your quiz.
English Colonial Expansion
