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American Colonial Government
England relationship with Spain and France in XVII and XVIII, 5 key events.
England relationship with Spain and France was not very good as in the XVII and XVIII centuries a lot of European powers, including them settle in North America, which brought a lot of conflict for the control of the land, specially wars, some of the most important where:
Queen Anne’s War
Anglo-Dutch Wars
Spanish invasion of Georgia
King George’s War
The French and Indian War
5 Advantages and disadvantages of mercantilism for the colonies and England
Disadvantages: Human rights violations, trade restrictions, less local business growth, inflation for bad management of money, slave trade, taxes.
Growth of economy, growth of resources, more land, exportation and proportion of demand products.
Political, economical and social importance of triangular trade
Political: For England triangular trade had a really big importance as with it they obtained more political power outside Europe. Also people started making political treaty's with other countries.
Economic: Triangular trade is a crucial factor in the economy for England and the colonies as with triangular trade the economy started to develop, as they have more resources they could exchange, this brought up the economy. But for Africa in other parts even though they sold slaves for money their economy went down due to the crisis.
Social: Triangular trade was important for Africans as socially talking they lost their rights. These injustices took the country to be equal, In Africa also had a big importance as triangular trade brought social violence.
13 Colonies Government
Delaware 1638
Delaware was a proprietary colony, the first permanent settlement was established in 1638. In 1682 they started sharing the same government with Pennsylvania, ruled by William Penn.
North Carolina 1663
North and South Carolina were one colony called Carolina, the King gave the land to eight lords. In 1719 they separated and were declared as royal colonies.
Connecticut 1636
Connecticut had a self-government, it was founded by Thomas Hooker. It had a big impact as the fundamental orders of Connecticut influenced in the declaration of Independence.
South Carolina 1663
South Carolina was with North Carolina just one colony called Carolina, ruled by eight lords. In 1719 they separated and both became royal colonies.
Maryland
Maryland had a proprietary government, ruled by George Calvert, who received the proprietary rights from the king in 1632. He to work the land, in exchange of income, but he died before so Celsius, his son, was the one in charge of the land in 1634.
New York 1664
New York had a proprietary government in 1664, owned by The Duke of York. In 1685 it became a royal colony.
New Hampshire 1623
New Hampshire was a proprietary colony, as it was land used for fishing. It was supervised by the settlers, one of the most important, John Mason.
New Jersey 1665
New Jersey was divided into east and west jersey, Sir Carteret and Lord Berkeley ruled it. in 1702 they combined and formed New Jersey, a royal colony.
Rhode Island
Rhode Island had a self-government, everyone here had a voice. They signed a charter (signed by the king) which established rules.
Pennsylvania 1681
Pennsylvania was a proprietary colony, as it was ruled by William Penn. In 1682 the king also gave him Delaware, so the both colonies had the same legislature.
Massachusetts 1620 (Mayflower)
Mayflower had was self-governance, consisted in a group of rules imposed by the English. The purpose was to establish a social functioning structure.
Georgia 1732
Georgia was discovered in 1730s, the king put the Georgia 1732government in a chart of twenty trustees in 1732.In 1753 it became a royal colony.
Virginia, Jamestown 1607
When English arrived, they formed a government council, by Cristopher Newport and John Smith. There was a well established empire, ruled by Powhatan, so there where two groups and two leaders.