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Y311: The Origins and Growth of the British Empire 1558–1783

Depth study: Britain and its American colonies 1660–1713 — Restoration policy and the Dominion of New England

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Overview

Recall questions on the Restoration approach to America, new colonies, enumerated goods and the Plantation Duties Act, the annulled Massachusetts charter, the Dominion of New England and the Glorious Revolution in the colonies.

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Why did Charles II annul the Massachusetts charter in 1684?

Numbers

Name three colonies created or transferred in the Restoration period.

Key term

Which commodities were enumerated under the Navigation Act of 1660?

Questions from this subtopic

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  1. 1

    How did the Restoration of 1660 change the Crown's approach to the American colonies?

    Model answer

    Charles II treated the colonies as a royal interest to be organised and taxed, creating councils for trade and plantations and issuing new charters to reward supporters.

  2. 2

    Name three colonies created or transferred in the Restoration period.

    Model answer

    Carolina was chartered in 1663, New York was taken from the Dutch in 1664, and Pennsylvania was granted to William Penn in 1681.

  3. 3

    Which commodities were enumerated under the Navigation Act of 1660?

    Model answer

    Goods including sugar, tobacco, cotton, indigo and dyewoods, which could be shipped only to England or another English colony.

  4. 4

    What loophole did the Plantation Duties Act of 1673 close?

    Model answer

    It imposed a duty payable at the colonial port on enumerated goods carried between colonies, preventing shippers from claiming an intercolonial destination and then sailing for Europe.

  5. 5

    Why did Charles II annul the Massachusetts charter in 1684?

    Model answer

    Massachusetts had persistently ignored the Navigation Acts, coined its own money and restricted the vote to church members, so the Crown treated it as effectively independent.

  6. 6

    Describe the Dominion of New England.

    Model answer

    It was an attempt from 1686 to merge the northern colonies into one royal government under Sir Edmund Andros, abolishing the assemblies and imposing direct rule.

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