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Navigation Act
• The Navigation acts were a number of laws that didn't allow foreign shipping to trade between England and its colonies.
• The goal of it was to force colonial development to favor England, rather than other countries
• This was one of the acts the colonists obeyed.
Mercantilism
• Mercantilism was a doctrine that gave the government control over foreign trade
• The policies of this doctrine included high tariffs, monopolized markets, and limited wages.
The Great Awakening
• The great awakening was a period of individual spiritual awakening in colonial America
• it unified the American colonies as it spread through numerous preacher and revivals
• As of which brought the climate of the Revolution
Albany Plan
• In 1754, not long after the Great Awakening, Benjamin Franklin advanced his Albany Plan
• It called for a colonial union which dealt with problems such as defense against Indian attacks on the frontier
• Thirteen once-isolated colonies were merging together
Under One Administration
• In the 1680’s James II brought New York, New Jersey, and all of New England under one administration
• He planned to unify the southern colonies in a similar way
• His actions were resented by the colonists so after the Glorious Revolution and the collapse of the Dominion of New England, no further unification were attempted
• Instead the colonies separated even more
Colonial Policy
• In 1696 the colonial policy was determined by a new Board of Trade which nominated colonial governors and other high officials
• It reviewed all the laws passed by the colonial legislatures and recommended disapproval of certain laws
• The Privy Council and the Crown nearly always accepted its recommendations
Colonial Scientific Achievements
• America didn’t produce no Galileo or Newton, instead the colonists contributed significantly to the collection of scientific knowledge
• The unexplored continent provided a laboratory for the study of natural phenomena
• Men such as Benjamin Franklin who gained international stature for inventing the lightning rod, focal spectacles, and many other devices
Whitefield
• In 1738, Reverend George Whitefield, a young Oxford-trained Anglican minister arrived in Georgia
• He was a marvelous orator who was able to play the feelings of his audience
• Whitefield undertook fund-raising tours throughout the colonies and even managed to move Benjamin Franklin enough to make him donate money
Laws and Acts
• The British imposed many laws upon the colonists such as the Wool Act and Iron Act
• It mostly prohibited the export or new construction of certain resources
• Many were designed to steer the American industries in a certain direction, not destroying it
• It was guided to put more resources in English mills, farms, and stores, rather than American
The Enlightenment
• The Enlightenment of America focused on challenging the role of religion and divine right, it was responsible in unifying colonies and bringing about acceptance of religious tolerance
• The movement weakened the importance of a clergy as believers started relying on their own conclusions.
• It lead to the creations of different sects of other religions
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