Charles 2 Dbq Essay

In November 1620, the Pilgrims sailed to Plymouth Rock after a long three-week journey from England. Many left England for religious freedom, to colonize a new world, or to escape persecution (Queen). Over the course of time, the colonists moved the Indians out, formulated a government, and created commerce. On the other side of the Atlantic, King Charles II was allowed to regain the throne of England. Within three weeks the colonists felt effects of tyranny (Jaycox). Long after King Charles II’s reign, King George III, followed in his footsteps, which drove a wedge between England and the colonists (“King George and His Parliament”). That wedge caused the colonists to draft a proclamation of their grievances’, and to define their inalienable

Like other imperial countries, he wanted to encourage mercantilism, which would strengthen England. Limitations such as Navigation Act of 1660 meant only certain products could be sold and shipped to England and other colonies; The Staple Act stated that all foreign goods had to be loaded and reloaded at English ports with English ships; and Revenues Act of 1663 required that ship captains transporting certain colonial goods pay a "plantation duty" on any items not delivered to England” (Jelatis). This only allowed for England to make a profit off of trade, which in the long run negatively affected the colonists. This occurred because King Charles II believed that it was the duty of the colonies to create money for England, but it began to impede on the colonists’ ability to establish commerce in the late 18th

That it was then the responsibility of the colonists to take care of these soldiers though they could barely take care of themselves. Not only did the colonist have to quarter them, but once the soldiers were no longer fighting; they began to steal jobs from the colonists. Considering all of the hostility between the two groups, it inevitably led to the Battle of Golden Hill where British soldiers and colonists in New York rioted and fought. This revealed that the quartering of soldiers created economic and social disturbances (Gilje). There was also the Boston Massacre which occurred on March 5, 1770 that was caused by the loss of jobs. The colonists decided that they wanted the troops out of the colonies so they began to harass them and officials. This then led to, “radical mobs that attacked Loyalists. Soldiers and civilians also clashed, raising the level of resentment on both sides. Adding to the mob's bravado was the erroneous belief, encouraged by radical agitators, that the soldiers could not use force, even to defend themselves, unless requested by a civil magistrate.”. British soldiers then began to fire out into the crowd; “nine soldiers were tried for murder” and were later acquitted of murder yet never faced the consequences of their actions