Essay On The Restoration Of The New Netherlands

What helped King James of England to increase his control over the colonies in the 17th century, was how the American colonist viewed themselves as citizens of Great Britain. The colonies were securely tied to Britain by the way the citizens were governed and through trade. The king increased his control by restricting trade deals, so the colonies had to rely purely on Britain for goods and supplies that were imported. Also, because the king held the majority of power, there were no banks and the colonies had very little money, so colonists were forced to use credit and barter to buy the necessities they need for survival.

Originally, The English Government applied little restriction over their colonies by authorizing colonization to private interests. The Proprietors were allocated with the right to rule the colonists, with occasional royal supervision. Although, feeling the need to tax and monitor their commerce, the English Crown significantly tightened their colonial control during the late seventeenth century; in a move to turn all proprietary colonies into royal colonies. In addition, the English Government started to recognize the growing navel power of the Dutch, and ventured to eclipse their rivals in trade by establishing the Navigation Acts, and conquering key Dutch colonies. By only allowing English colonies to trade with English ships, the

The loose control of New England is shown in the beginning of the American Revolution. The revolution was begun by New England (and Virginia), because of their ability to know what it is like to not be tied down by

England governed its colonies loosely before 1660, but after 1660, when the monarch was brought back, England tried to reinforce order in the colonies and allied with Native Americans to fight against other European countries.

With the growth of the population comes the opportunity for more jobs. Jobs in the agricultural field greatly increased. They needed more food to feed all the new people- meaning the production and collection of rice, wheat, and tobacco increased. Since there was more crops being tended to, that meant more could be traded with Britain. With trade increasing, the people would need more ships to transport everything. This then increased the lumber business. The fishing businesses also increased, as well as slave trade. Under slave trade almost every colony benefited. The shipbuilders in the New England colonies were able to trade slaves with the West Indies in return for molasses and then make the molasses into rum to trade with Africa. The Southern Colonies were able to use the slaves in the fields, which saved them money because they didn’t have to pay them, and became centers for American slave trade which brought more ships from other countries to the area. With the production of new jobs and increased trade, the economy was very strong. With a strong economy, the colonies needed Britain less and less than before and were becoming self sufficient. Now they could trade with other countries and were too large for Britain to support. By this time, the colonies could manifest their own ammunition and weapons which would be very helpful in the Revolutionary War against

The years of 1750-1910 were of most important because of the development of four events, the French Revolution, the American Revolution, the Enlightenment, and the Industrial Revolution. The rule of William and Mary was start of a new type of rule in britain with the control of power getting withdrawn from one ruler and being distributed to a large/elected body (William, Spurr). The ideas that pushed for the revolutions of America and France were ideas of Enlightenment, were the kings power was to be stripped and given to a large elected body, promoting freedom of speech, and a constantly changing body of government to allow the say of the people in their own matters (Bently). The preceding time period included the cruel and unjust punishment of the people in speaking against their rulers or defying their rulers will. The rule of William and Mary changed that as well by restricting unlawful imprisonment, or cruel and unusual punishments(William).

The relationship between Great Britain and the colonies changed drastically between 1600 and 1776. The colonies and Britain both took steps towards an ultimate confrontation as both of them constantly angered each other and argued with each other on various points such as: whether or not the colonies should prosper, or if the colonies could have their own rulers, laws, religions, and country. These would end up causing our colonies to become a nation.

The British Empire was continuously attempting to expand their kingdom and at the time recover from the

During the time of the Stuart kings and their squabbles with parliament,the colonists generally self-governed and were developing their own culture as English colonists in America. The colonies of America had finally reached a point of administration, when Charles the 2nd returned to the throne in 1660. Yet, the colonies were still not as vigorously watched over, in contrast to the Spanish and French colonies in the America’s. The failure to develop a strict and successful colonial administration would become important to history because when Britain was ready to really take the reigns of America, the colonists had already developed the idea of independence, it was too late

King James II produced the Domination of New England in 1686, striving to merge 8 northern colonies into 1 province, and to be governed by one appointed royal with no elective assembly. His plan failed, and King James fled to France ending a bloodless revolt in England, after the invitation of William of Orange to assume the throne in 1688. This revolt was known as The Glorious Revolution. It returned political strength to England. A bill of rights was later passed in 1689, to ensure following rulers obeyed the law.

Military strategy forever had been battles of attrition, men throwing themselves at each other until a winner was determined, this form of battle was replaced in Europe during the 16th and 17th century. The change in military strategy took place mostly in Europe, and the countries at the forefront of this were the Swedish empire and the Netherlands. The Swedes and Dutch changed many military strategies and practices which were in place for thousands of years and changed the standard for militaries. They helped to show the first realistic application of David versus Goliath, using smart tactics paired with a smaller army to destroy militaries of greater size. The two smallest nations in Europe took control and led the world in military innovations in the 16th and 17th century through competition and loss. The Swedes and Dutch managed to create fluid militaries which were able to overpower larger armies through deception and agility. The Swedish and Dutch nations during the 16th and 17th century gained military strength through the reformation of tactics, reorganization of the military, improvisation of weapons, and as a result changed the image and action of the military forever. The idea of a military revolution was first explored by a man named Michael Roberts in the 1950s. Roberts said that if the Swedish Empire and the Netherlands had not developed as they did, military strategy and organization would have not evolved for much later.

The history of the Jewish people in Spain is certainly a pivotal time period that changed the future of the Jews and specifically, the Sephardic Jews. At the time of the issuing and signing of the Edict of Expulsion on March 31, 1492, Spanish Jews were experiencing the most persecution that had been felt in the many centuries of which the Jews had been in Spain. Spanish Jewry came to a dramatic end after almost a millennium of Jewish presence in the country. Spanish Jewry’s golden age, however, the Jews experienced almost no persecution, resulting in a new centre of Talmudic study, before suffering from a relapse of anti-Semitism that eventually led to the Inquisition and the Edict of Expulsion. (SOURCE 1) This essay will discuss and analyze

Regardless of the growing frequency of Jewish migrating to the United States, the community continues to confront the many issues as part of their assimilation. Through this process of assimilating,

     Between the settlement at Jamestown in 1607 and the Treaty of Paris in 1763, the most important change that occurred in the colonies was the emergence of a society quite different from that in England. Changes in religion, economics, politics and social structure illustrate this Americanization of the transplanted Europeans.

Britain established a series of acts to control the colonies and this became the main cause of the revolution. These acts enabled