Towards+Independence+-+Rights+and+Responsibilities

toc =**Towards Independence - Rights and Responsibilities**= Throughout much of the 1600s, Great Britain had left is American colonies to run themselves **(salutary neglect)**. Since the colonists had such freedom to choose as they saw fit, a variety of different, and unique, representative governments were established and developed. By the late 1600s though, a number of key events occurred that would lead people to challenge the ultimate authority of monarchs, promote the ideas of spiritual equality, and call into question what the true relationship between a government and its people should be. These events, as well as England's attempts to take back more control over the colonies, will have a major impact on colonial society.

=**Key Terms & People**= Using the resources listed below, write a definition for each of the following terms or people listed in your //**Social Studies**// notebook/binder. __//Make sure you can acknowledge the source for the information you used for your answer.//__
 * economic
 * Mercantilism
 * Manufacturing
 * Navigation Acts
 * Salutary Neglect
 * cash crops
 * Middle Passage
 * Triangular Trade
 * Grenville's Decision

=**Resources for Note taking**= Read/View each of the resources listed below. Use the information contained in each resource to help you define key terms and people as well as answer main idea questions. Your notes will be graded using the Notebook Rubric (see Rubrics & Guidelines from main History Tab) media type="custom" key="4517238"
 * History Alive! (pp.64 - 66)

= = =**Helpful Handouts**= "Salutary Neglect" handout

"War and British Victory"

Roots of Colonial Self Government

"Mercantilism" - reading

"Worksheet 1A - Mercantilism"

"Benefits and Costs of an Empire" reading

"Growth and Change" reading

"What's in a Word?" reading

Study Guide for Colony Test #2

"A Nasty Triangle" reading

=Study Guides= Unit 5 Test Study Guide:

Declaration of Independence Quiz Study Guide