We have an old mother that peevish is grown she snubs us like children that scarce walk alone She forgets were grown up and have a sense of our own Benjamin Franklin This is the mother country they are the children they must obey and we prescribe ID: 406165
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Does this sound familiar?
“We have an old mother that peevish is grown; she snubs us like children that scarce walk alone; She forgets we’re grown up and have a sense of our own.” -Benjamin Franklin
“This is the mother country, they are the children; they must obey, and we prescribe.”
-William PittSlide2
Troubles with Mom
England vs. ColonistsSlide3
Mercantilism
More gold a country had, the more powerful it wasTrade to get gold
Colonies sell raw goods to England and no one else
If not→ taxed (Navigation Act)
England gains wealth from coloniesSlide4
Salutary Neglect
Idea that England ignores coloniesWhy?
Britain lacks ability to enforce any laws (cost and distance)
Colonies already serving their needs
Most colonists proud to be British
Both are prosperingSlide5
Benefits to Colonists
Allowed to govern themselvesFreedom
Make their own governments (Mayflower Compact)
And . . . They LIKE it! Slide6
French and Indian War
War to decide who would be stronger in America: England or France
Fighting over land
Albany Plan of Union: Colonists unite? Rejected
England wins after fighting for 7 yearsSlide7
Results
To pay off war debts, King George increases colonial taxesColonists angry they had no say in the matter. (No representation in parliament)
Colonists want the same rights as British citizens
Relations strained and tension rises! Slide8
The “American”
They had become a new breed of people
No longer British
But what were they?