How Did The Policy Of Salutary Neglect Benefit The Colonies And Great Britain?
Unit 3 section1
Guide questions
1. to what extent did the colonists government themselves?
2. How did the policy of salutary neglect benefit the colonies and Great Britain?
Political life in the colonies
Why did molasses matter?
Molasses Act of 1733
Goal: the law which control the smugglers who made life much harder for British customs officials trying to enforce trade laws
The reason why molasses are important: rum which was the most popular drink in the colonies.
Function: the Molasses Act made the colonists furious.
Consequence: smuggling became so widespread that tax revenues dropped
Magna Carta (1215)
First document to limit King’s power
Mercantilism
The economic policy of mercantilism held that a nation’s power was …show more content…
directly related to its wealth
Goal: balance of trade
Action: To preserve its balance of trade, England had to prevent its colonies from trading with other nations.
Consequent: England clashed with American colonists
The navigation Acts (1651)
Acts were series of laws
Forced colonies to trade with English ships
Goods sent through England to be taxed
Based on mercantilist principle
Restrict colonies’ trade to mother country (England)
Not well enforced
Smuggling ->illegal trading to avoid taxes
In 1651, English government passed several laws to control colonial trade and ensure the colonies remained profitable for England, which laws called the Navigation Acts.
Dutch (It said that all goods coming to England from Asia, Africa, or America must be carried in the act, and it set a pattern for later laws)
Effects of the Navigation Acts
England: the laws increased the revenues, and the cost of law enforcement in America
Colonies: the demand for ships stimulated certain industries, and more involvement in colonial affairs
The Glorious Revolution and the English Bill of rights
Some new Englanders began to compete with English manufacture
The dominion of new England
King Charles appointed Sir Edmund Andros as governor of the dominion of New England
Sir Edmund Andros Arbitrary decisions Anglican services to be held in the old south meetinghouse Strictly enforced the navigation act. Mew taxes on land on imported wine, rum and brandy
The glorious revolution
Mary and her Dutch husband, William of Orange to became co-rulers of England. This change of leadership became known as the Glorious Revolution
William and Mary accepted a document that became known as the English Bill of Rights
It protected freedom of speech for members of Parliament and gave them control of taxes.
Colonist’s reaction
Uprisings in the colonies
Government in the colonies
The glorious revolution gave colonists ideas about their rights and self-rule
Steps toward self-rule
In 1643 a confederation is a group in which each member keeps control of its own internal affairs
Neglect by England
The board consisted of royal councilors and other high officials
The board of trade had many roles, and the politician Edmund Burke later termed this situation salutary neglect
Salutary neglect
(Healthy) (Ignoring someone/ something)
English government relaxing supervision of American colonies internal affairs b/c focused on profits from trade (Few laws and taxes on colonies by Parliament)
This time came later because when looking back, both sides benefited from this
Colonial government in the 1700s
How were colonial assemblies similar to parliament?
They are bicameral, and the governor’s council was the upper house, the elected assembly house was the lower house, the colonial assemblies also won important rights. Members had freedom to speech in debates. They won rights to pass money bills
Parliament created to agree to new taxes
House of lords -> elite members
House of Commons-> represent people
King and Parliament had control over colonies in
America
Typical colonial Gov’t
Royal governor
Called & broke up colonial assemblies
Veto over assembly
Outsider
Not much power
Council – usually 12 elite men
Worked for governor
Judicial branch of gov’t
Colonial Assembly – not as elite members
Rotated service (change people to serve)
Important issues of daily life – roads, taxes etc
Paid salary of governor
Guide questions
1. to what extent did the colonists government themselves?
2. How did the policy of salutary neglect benefit the colonies and Great Britain?
Political life in the colonies
Why did molasses matter?
Molasses Act of 1733
Goal: the law which control the smugglers who made life much harder for British customs officials trying to enforce trade laws
The reason why molasses are important: rum which was the most popular drink in the colonies.
Function: the Molasses Act made the colonists furious.
Consequence: smuggling became so widespread that tax revenues dropped
Magna Carta (1215)
First document to limit King’s power
Mercantilism
The economic policy of mercantilism held that a nation’s power was …show more content…
directly related to its wealth
Goal: balance of trade
Action: To preserve its balance of trade, England had to prevent its colonies from trading with other nations.
Consequent: England clashed with American colonists
The navigation Acts (1651)
Acts were series of laws
Forced colonies to trade with English ships
Goods sent through England to be taxed
Based on mercantilist principle
Restrict colonies’ trade to mother country (England)
Not well enforced
Smuggling ->illegal trading to avoid taxes
In 1651, English government passed several laws to control colonial trade and ensure the colonies remained profitable for England, which laws called the Navigation Acts.
Dutch (It said that all goods coming to England from Asia, Africa, or America must be carried in the act, and it set a pattern for later laws)
Effects of the Navigation Acts
England: the laws increased the revenues, and the cost of law enforcement in America
Colonies: the demand for ships stimulated certain industries, and more involvement in colonial affairs
The Glorious Revolution and the English Bill of rights
Some new Englanders began to compete with English manufacture
The dominion of new England
King Charles appointed Sir Edmund Andros as governor of the dominion of New England
Sir Edmund Andros Arbitrary decisions Anglican services to be held in the old south meetinghouse Strictly enforced the navigation act. Mew taxes on land on imported wine, rum and brandy
The glorious revolution
Mary and her Dutch husband, William of Orange to became co-rulers of England. This change of leadership became known as the Glorious Revolution
William and Mary accepted a document that became known as the English Bill of Rights
It protected freedom of speech for members of Parliament and gave them control of taxes.
Colonist’s reaction
Uprisings in the colonies
Government in the colonies
The glorious revolution gave colonists ideas about their rights and self-rule
Steps toward self-rule
In 1643 a confederation is a group in which each member keeps control of its own internal affairs
Neglect by England
The board consisted of royal councilors and other high officials
The board of trade had many roles, and the politician Edmund Burke later termed this situation salutary neglect
Salutary neglect
(Healthy) (Ignoring someone/ something)
English government relaxing supervision of American colonies internal affairs b/c focused on profits from trade (Few laws and taxes on colonies by Parliament)
This time came later because when looking back, both sides benefited from this
Colonial government in the 1700s
How were colonial assemblies similar to parliament?
They are bicameral, and the governor’s council was the upper house, the elected assembly house was the lower house, the colonial assemblies also won important rights. Members had freedom to speech in debates. They won rights to pass money bills
Parliament created to agree to new taxes
House of lords -> elite members
House of Commons-> represent people
King and Parliament had control over colonies in
America
Typical colonial Gov’t
Royal governor
Called & broke up colonial assemblies
Veto over assembly
Outsider
Not much power
Council – usually 12 elite men
Worked for governor
Judicial branch of gov’t
Colonial Assembly – not as elite members
Rotated service (change people to serve)
Important issues of daily life – roads, taxes etc
Paid salary of governor