Do Now

• What is meant by Triangular Trade? Complete a diagram with the locations and flow of goods.

• What was the Middle Passage?• Why did agriculture in the middle colonies

differ from that found in New England?

The Glorious Revolution and the English Bill of Rights

The cake speaks the truth…

Essential Questions

• How did the Glorious Revolution and the English Bill of Rights affect the political developments in the colonies?

• Why is New England a problem to the crown?

Going backwards to go forward- 1646

• Massachusetts is unruly– Refuse to Recognize Charles II– “English laws don’t apply to the colonies”– Continually break mercantilist policy– Refuse to pay attention to Navigation Acts

• King revokes independent charter– Makes MA a royal colony again

SUPER-COLONY…(the world’s worst superhero…)

Dominion of New England

• King’s way of dealing with NE– Supercolony aimed at dividing and ruling all

colonies• Appoints Sir Edmund Andros governor– Craaaaaazy

• Imposes new taxes, strictly enforces Navigation Acts, messes with religion

Glorious Revolution

Glorious Revolution

• James II vs. Parliament– Catholics vs. Protestants– Kings vs. the people

• Creates the English Bill of Rights– Let’s read it!

• No blood shed during change in government– Why is this a big deal?– How do you think the colonists react?

American Reactions

• News reaches America in 1689– Several small uprisings

• MA arrests Andros and sends him back to England

• End of Dominion of New England– Why is this significant?

Steps Toward Self Rule

• England gets wrapped up in itself during GR• Salutary Neglect– Colonies benefited by being left alone– Forces colonies to figure out local governments– Why is this bad for England?

Check Out Questions

• What was the effect of salutary neglect?• What circumstances led to the Glorious

Revolution?• What was the Dominion of New England?