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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 Dominion of New England was set by England in 1686 that combined the New England territories into one that allowed King James II to have more control of the group and their affairs. The King and royal power would be in full control of legislation. The colonies were stripped away from their independent ruling governments and ideas and were forced to live under the combination of other New England territories which caused tension.

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The colonies during the colonial period overall did have self-rule. Over the course of the early events when colonists arrived, the ideas of self-rule and democracy were shown through the House of Burgess and the Mayflower Compact. The House of Burgess allowed colonists to create a legislative body away from England in order to make their own decisions, and the Mayflower Compact allowed Puritans to create their own legal government to follow while still being loyal to England but without interruption. Both events caused ideas of self-rule to form and establish in the colonies. Even though the the Dominion of New England halted self-rule for many governments in the New England territories, the colonists unified over a single goal to take their rights away from the control of England in which worked and allow themselves to establish the spirit of fighting and revolting for their rights of self-rule. Salutary Neglect also allowed colonies to implement the ideas of self-rule on the colonies from the fact that the British did not interfere with the actions colonies did with their markets, trading, and laws. Each of these events overall allowed the colonies to establish self-rule into their governments. The early stages from the House of Burgess and Mayflower Compact gave the colonists a government to control over during the start of the immigration of colonists. The revolt against the Dominion of New England showed signs that the colonies could unify under a single goal of fighting for their self-rule rights, in which worked and overthrew Andros from being governor. Lastly, Salutary Neglect brought back the self-rule ideas in colonies from the officials ignoring British laws and allowing the colonies with more freedom regarding the way they live.

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The Wool Act of 1699 was a law passed on the colonies from the British that prohibited the shipment of wool and sheep to other territories and enforced it to be sold to England only. This angered colonists because it limited the growth of their market, while England's market used this act to grow. Overall the act limited the rights of what the colonies could put on the market which affected their economic freedom.

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The Molasses Act of 1733 established taxes on molasses, rum and sugar in the colonies that were received from non-English territories. This was to ensure that colonists could only buy from England instead of other territories, in which they did to get molasses and make rum. The colonists were angered that the act set boundaries on their trading and economic freedom in the colonies while England only benefited from the rum industry (Mercantilism).

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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639) 

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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639) 

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The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was written in 1639, and was the first written constitution in America that helped establish democracy for the early colonies. The constitution made it legal to select leaders for a legislative body through popular voting of the colonists. This showed signs of self-rule from the fact that colonists were able to make their own choices about who they wanted to represent them in the legislature.

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Salutary Neglect started when Robert Walpole became Prime Minister in 1720, in which officials took bribes in exchange for ignoring British laws. Salutary Neglect was an unofficial policy that the English followed which gave colonies freedom to create laws, trade, and govern without the eye of England watching over them. This allowed colonies to self-rule without authority of England and opened more economic freedom from trading with other territories.

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The Mayflower Compact was written in 1620 and was a legal document that stated that the colonies were able to live in New England territory under their legal systems and government. The people who immigrated to the colonies were Pilgrims who went on the Mayflower ship, and they wanted to create a government for the community and make decisions on their own since England was a sea away. This set up the self-rule government for the colonies while also still being loyal for England.

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Formation of the House of Burgess (1619)

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Formation of the House of Burgess (1619)

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The formation of the House of Burgess was in 1619, which was the first legislative body that was created in the colonies, specifically Virginia. It allowed the colonists more involvement in the government, which helped attract more colonists and workers into VA. The House of Burgess overall allowed citizens to be more controlled in government instead of the governor making all the decisions, which shows signs of self-rule for the colonies in the early days.

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The introduction of the Navigation Acts were a set of enforced laws put on the colonies from England in order to establish more control on trading and the main ideas of mercantilism. These acts allowed England to get all the benefits of the trading and only get the exports and imports the colonies make. This limited the colonies rights to import and export from other nations, which imposed punishments on people who disobey them. Overall forces authority on England and limited the actions of the colonies.

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End of the Dominion of New England/Boston Rebellion (1692)

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End of the Dominion of New England/Boston Rebellion (1692)

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The End of the Dominion was because of the fact that the colonists did not like how their rights were being stripped and how their charters were being revoked by England. The dominion disrespected the views and beliefs of the colonists and they wanted to redo the mess the British created on them. It ended when the colonists drove out the governor of the Dominion, Sir Edmund Andros and showed signs that the colonies could unify together to gain their rights.

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The Iron Act was established to the colonies from the British Parliament in 1750 that stated the colonies to produce more pig and bar iron for England while also limiting prohibiting the colonies to manufacture goods with the raw materials. This act carried out the ideas of Mercantilism, in which colonies existed in order to benefit the mother country (England) in selling materials for England to sell the manufactured iron goods back. This angered the colonists because of the fact that it restricted the rights for colonies in growth for the iron industry and only made England grow.