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Early Colonial America. I. The Importance of Economics- The Navigation Laws. World trade competition fierce. English seek to dominate it. The Navigation Laws of 1660 & 1663*…. All Trade w/England illegal, EXCEPT on English-built ships & crews of 3/4rds English.
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Early Colonial America I. The Importance of Economics- The Navigation Laws • World trade competition fierce. English seek to dominate it. • The Navigation Laws of 1660 & 1663*… • All Trade w/England illegal, EXCEPT on English-built ships & crews of 3/4rds English. 2. The transport of raw materials from colonies to anyplace EXCEPT England illegal. 3. The transport of goods to English colonies illegal, EXCEPT from England. *This is the basis of Mercantilism, a state-controlled trade system to benefit the mother/host country.
Wars of 1689-97, 1702-13 & 1744-48 over control of continent & trade. No real results. Eastern N. America, 1650’s-1763.
1754-63 French-Indian War (Seven Years’ War). The Treaty of Paris (1763).
II. The Age of Enlightenment (1600-1789): The Development of Radical Ideas Johannes Kepler Leo Galileo Scientific advances emphasized “natural laws.” Nikoli Copernicus Sir Isaac Newton
II. The Age of Enlightenment (1600-1789): The Development of Radical Ideas • “Divine Right,” Absolute Monarchs… • Ruled arbitrarily 2. They decided law, war, life, death 3. They controlled the army & “purse.” 4. They “bestowed” rights 5. Held unchallenged power. 6. Power & titles inherited. Not natural French King Louis XIV, “The Sun King”
II. The Age of Enlightenment (1600-1789): The Development of Radical Ideas Thomas Hobbs Montesquieu John Locke Rousseau Voltaire
II. The Age of Enlightenment (1600-1789): The Development of Radical Ideas • Used “natural laws” to study government & man. • Enlightened thinkers often believed in Deism. • What should the relationship be? • God created man with certain, unalienable rights. • State served citizens & held power by consent of the governed. • Three branch government to control power. • Social Contract: Governments had basic obligations towards its citizens.
Enlightenment philosophers also used precedent to base rights • Judeo/Christian Laws & Ethics, Ten Commandments • Ancient Greece & Rome Magna Carta (1215) • Magna Carta (1215) • “English Common Law” • Enlightenment builds on this. • Mayflower Compact (1620)