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Excerpt from The Royal Government in Virginia, 1700-1775: A Dissertation Submitted to the Board of University of Studies of the Johns Hopkins University in Conformity With the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
It is thus readily seen that a careful study of the administration of the government after 1690 would furnish an account of a very im portant.and in fact, not well known period in the history of the colony. From 1651 to 1695 Parliament had passed certain navigation acts, but they were not rigorously enforced. After 1695, however, when England sought to give systematic form to her colonial adminis tration, and to apply strictly a commercial policy, the new navigation act was made effective in its application. It was soon after this date that the permanent Board of Trade was established, and also that more attention was given to the formation of a regular system of royal officials in the colony. After this date, and even beginning with Culpeper (1682) and Howard the instructions to the governors included many matters of detail, showing the care ful attention given by the home government to affairs in the colony.
The wars With France and Spain, zhad no small part in influencing the attitude of England towards her colonies. This was the begin ning of England's naval supremacy, and it was at this time that the mother country desired more than ever before, to utilize the colonies as a source of naval supplies. It was during the first twenty-five years of this middle period (1690-1715) that there were numerous complaints against the colonies for the violation of the acts of trade. English merchants complained of irregularities, and the colonists maintained that the demands of the merchants were unjust.
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