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The Puritan Revolt
The Puritans sought to reducee the influence of ritual and hierarchy in the position of King. It ended with the beheading of Charles I -
New Amsterdam
Peter Stuyvesant founds New Amsterdam for Holland. -
Navigation Act of 1651
England passes an act meant to keep the Dutch from trading with the colonies by only allowing the colonies to trade with England. -
Navigation Act of 1660
Certain enumerated articles that were produced in the colonies could only be shipped to England or other colonies -
Staple Act 1663
All goods picked up from outside England, first had to pass through England to be sold to the colonies. -
Plantation Duty Act 1673
All colonial merchants were required to pay a tax on enumerated articles shipped from one colony to another. -
Glorious Revolution
A bloodless coupe to overthrow King James II, abolish absolutism, and establish a Constitutional Monarchy (https://cdn.britannica.com/78/128478-050-990F1F30/William-III-Declaration-of-Right.jpg) -
English Bill of Rights
A Bill formed in England that outlined the rights all its citizens were given. This did not include the colonists and would go on to become a major factor in the American revolution -
Navigation Act of 1696
England established an admiralty court in regards to the illegal trading of goods between colonies.
