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| CHAPTER 4 | THE IMPERIAL PERSPECTIVE | OVERVIEW |
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CHAPTER TIMELINE |
| 1651 |
First Navigation Act |
| 1663 |
Staple Act |
| 1672 |
Bacon’s Rebellion |
| 1686–1688 |
Dominion of New England |
| 1689 |
Glorious Revolution |
| 16891701–17131697 |
King William’s War |
| 1689 |
English Bill of Rights and the Toleration Act |
| 1691 |
Execution of Jacob Leisler |
| 1696 |
Navigation Acts reenacted |
| 1701–1713 |
Queen Anne’s War |
| 1721–1742 |
Administration of Robert Walpole |
| 1744–1748 |
King George’s War |
| 1754 |
Washington’s surrender of Fort Necessity |
| 1754 |
Albany Congress |
| 1754–1763 |
French and Indian War |
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CHAPTER OBJECTIVES |
After you finish reading and studying this chapter, you should be able to: |
- Understand the extent and limits of British political and economic control of the colonies.
- Explain the major institutions of colonial government in the mother country.
- Explain the major institutions of colonial government in the colonies.
- Explain the general relations between the British settlers and the Indians.
- Describe the nature of French colonization of North America and compare France’s colonial policy with Britain’s.
- Trace the general course of the conflict for empire between France and Britain, and indicate why the British won.
- Assess the consequences of Britain’s victory in its Great War for Empire with France.
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