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Module 2: The Eighteenth Century World and Changing Conceptions of Rights in British North America

Learning Outcome

To understand economic transformations taking place in colonial America as a result of the entrenchment of slavery and the reorganization of household economies.

Isaac Royall and his family, seen here in a 1741 portrait by Robert Feke (modified), moved to Medford, Massachusetts, from the West Indian island of Antigua, bringing enslaved people with them. They were an affluent British colonial family, proud of their success and the success of the British Empire.

Content

Chapter 4 Introduction
Chapter 4.1 Charles II and the Restoration Colonies
When Charles II ascended the throne in 1660, English subjects on both sides of the Atlantic celebrated the restoration of the English monarchy after a decade of living without a king as a result of the English Civil Wars. Charles II lost little time in strengthening England’s global power. From the 1660s to the 1680s, Charles II added more possessions to England’s North American holdings by establishing the Restoration colonies of New York and New Jersey (taking these areas from the Dutch) as well as Pennsylvania and the Carolinas. In order to reap the greatest economic benefit from England’s overseas possessions, Charles II enacted the mercantilist Navigation Acts, although many colonial merchants ignored them because enforcement remained lax.

Attribution

U.S. History
Authors: P. Scott Corbett, Volker Janssen, John M. Lund, Todd Pfannestiel, Sylvie Waskiewicz, Paul Vickery
Access for free at https://openstax.org/books/us-history/pages/1-introduction
Sections located at: 4 Introduction https://openstax.org/books/us-history/pages/4-introduction, 4.1 https://openstax.org/books/us-history/pages/4-1-charles-ii-and-the-restoration-colonies
License: Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0

HIS 210 - U.S. History through the Civil War - Textbook

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HIS 210 U.S. History through the Civil War

Module 2: The Eighteenth Century World and Changing Conceptions of Rights in British North America

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