HIST 1100 Lecture 8: The Carolinas
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English monarchs, 1603-1702: james i, r. 1603-1625. Jamestown named after him, 1607: charles i, r. 1625-1649. Great puritan migration was in the 1630s, before the civil war: charles ii, r. 1660-1685. After king was restored to throne: james ii, r. 1685-1688. Glorious: very little bloodshed: william and mary, r. 1688-1702. The restoration colonies: carolinas, new york, new jersey, pennsylvania, the church of england in the colonies. Exert control in the colonies through the church. Never a strong institution in the american south. No genteel or polite person among them . No priests = not married; lived together without marriage and switched partners: colonial ties. Mercantilism: government control of foreign trade is essential to a nation"s prosperity and security. Colonies would provide markets from english manufactured goods and a source for raw materials. Other nations excluded from colonial trade: navigational acts tried to limit trade to exert control over new.
