The Republic

Question 1

when was the Civil War?

Answer 1

1642-49

Question 2

how long did the Republic last?

Answer 2

1649-1660

Question 3

what problems did the Republic face?

Answer 3

royalists had gone to exile into the colonies, especially Virginia

the West Indies continued sugar trading with the Netherlands

Question 4

how did the Republic make the colonies acknowledge their authority?

Answer 4

1650 imposed a trade embargo

Question 5

when was the first Navigation Act established? what did it do?

Answer 5

1651- passed to protect English shipping, imports could only be taken to English ports or from English colonies by only English ships (or the country that produced the goods)

Question 6

who did the Navigation Act directly effect?

Answer 6

the Dutch- cut into their trade by stopping re-exports from Dutch ports out of England an by forbidding the export of colonial goods in Dutch ships

Question 7

when did the English attack Hispaniola? what were the consequences?

Answer 7

1655- first time the English government sent ships to seize colonies of another European power

lack of experience led to failure- however they were able to take Jamaica

Question 8

what was Cromwell’s Western Design?

Answer 8

attempt to secure an English base in the Caribbean to threaten the Spanish and weaken Catholic influence in the New World