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How did internal political developments in England impact her relationship with her American colonies?

Thesis:
Shifting events and circumstances caused colonists to increasingly differ from the English over fundamental human rights, which in turn led them to a new understanding of their relationship with the mother country.

I. Relations The British control
A. Economic - mercantilism
1. Countries with colonies were at an advantage, because the colonies could supply the mother country with materials, wealth, supplies, etc…
2. The Navigation Laws restricted commerce from the colonies to England to only English ships, and none other.
3. Tobacco planters, though they couldn’t ship it to anywhere except Britain, still had a monopoly within the British market.
- Virginia, were at the mercy of the British buyers, who often paid very low and were responsible for putting many planters into debt.
B. Political
1. Each colony was technically governed by the laws of England,......

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