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 ______________.