1. Imperial England William and Mary
- colonists reaction to the Glorious Revolution
* increased trade opportunities
* military protection
* political stability in England
(liberal monarch, English Bill of Rights)
* salutary neglect!
War Breaks out in Europe (and spreads to the colonies…)
- King William’s War (1689)
- Queen Anne’s War (1702)
- King George’s War (1743)
- at this point the colonists were used to war –it had been going on for over
20 years
- Britain’s war debt started to increase

2. King George I and II
- both kept peace in England and colonies for awhile
- wanted to strengthen the political and economic life of England
- Molasses Act (1733)
* under salutary neglect the colonists had started to trade with
the French West Indies for molasses
* Parliament passed this act to place a tax on the molasses to keep
the colonists from trading
* hoped to force colonists to buy British molasses, didn’t really
work

3. * Parliament passed this act in order to stop colonial banks from
- Currency Act (1751)
* Parliament passed this act in order to stop colonial banks from
printing money
* these new policies irritated the colonists, but they mostly
ignored them