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Having self rule would be the goal back in the creation of the new world. When the colonies were young the house of Burgesses was made to try to govern Virginia however they wanted to. This shows self rule and an indirect democracy. Then the Mayflower Compact was signed which created the idea of government in the new world. After these events self rule is going great until England starts to implement their acts the wool and the iron act were restrictions for the colonists. This didn't allow them to trade wool and also forced them to give a lot of their iron inventory to England. Then we see the navigation acts which makes it so colonies can't trade because England wants to have a little experiment to see if they can be self-sufficient. The molasses act didn't do much because smugglers helped everyone out with the molasses. Then salutary neglect was a big way self rule became shown again. During Salutary Neglect you can trade what you want without restrictions if you give a little bribe. This became a go to for a lot of merchants and it made it easier for the colonist to trade again which is something that England previously restricted them with.

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This wool act was made to prevent exportation of wool outside of Ireland and the American colonies. The Wool Act was made to increase the production of wool products in England.

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The Molasses act raised the price of molasses in the colonies. The colonists didn't like this act because they said that the west indies can't produce enough molasses for all the colonies. The molasses act wasn't really effective people of smugglers.

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Fundamental Orders of CT (January 14, 1639)

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Fundamental Orders of CT (January 14, 1639)

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The fundamental orders of ct was made to show what are the limits and what are the powers that the government has. These orders were also made while keeping God in mind. So this tells us that Connecticut was also about keeping church and state together.

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Start of Salutary Neglect (March 22, 1775)

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Start of Salutary Neglect (March 22, 1775)

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Salutary Neglect was made to cut some slack on the trade laws. Trade laws began to be stricter so Salutary neglect allowed leniency in the form of bribing and smuggling. You would just bribe someone before or after you got caught to not receive punishment. Salutary neglect was created by the prime minister Robert Walpole.

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The Mayflower Compact was a document that was signed on the Mayflower ship, on its way to the new world. This document was made so that when the settlers landed on Plymouth, MA a source of Government would already be in place. This document was also important because it was the first document to implement self government in the what is now known United States.

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Formation of the Dominion of New England (1686)

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Formation of the Dominion of New England (1686)

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The formation of the dominion of New England forced all of the New England colonies to combine into one. The king said that this mega colony was made to protect against Native American attacks because the colonists were expanding their territories for the increase in population. The colonists were expanding so much that they were taking Native American territory so a war was bound to happen.

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Formation of the house of Burgesses (July 30, 1619)

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Formation of the house of Burgesses (July 30, 1619)

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The house of Burgesses was made to keep order in Virginia. They made laws and the governor either passed the laws or vetoed them such as the president does now. The house of Burgesses stayed active until the Revolutionary War. The house of Burgesses was special because it was the first representative government in the US which meant that some power was actually given to the people.

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The navigation acts' purpose was to try to make England more self sufficient so they restricted the colonies' right to trade. This was to see how England would be without foreign goods and see how they could handle it.

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End of the Dominion of New England/Boston Rebellion (April 18, 1689)

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End of the Dominion of New England/Boston Rebellion (April 18, 1689)

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The Dominion of New England ended because England was invaded by King James II's son in law William of Orange and he came out victorious. Then the Boston Rebellion was when the people of Boston found Andros trying to escape on a ship back to England dressed as a woman.

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The Iron Act was made to increase production of Iron in the colonies. Some colonists didn't care about the act and still created forbidden iron creations in the colonies. England thought that the colonies had more iron than them in so England wanted to try to boost their iron inventory and slow the colonies down until England can catch up.