Mercantilism
What was the main country the colonies traded with?
England
What type of ships could colonists send raw materials to England in?
English ships
Massachusettes, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island were named what?
The New England colonies.
Many merchants did not like the Navigation Acts and turned to what?
Smuggling
When did Salutary Neglect take place?
late 1600-1700s
What did England rely on the colonies to send them?
Raw materials
Why could colonists not create factories?
So the colonies could not compete with British industry.
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia where named what?
Southern Colonies
In 1684, after failing to persuade Massachusetts to obey English laws, England revoked what?
The colony's corporate charter
When English officials did not enforce British laws, what was this policy?
Salutary Neglect
Who profited the most from the trade arrangments, the colonies or England?
England
Beginning in 1651, England’s Parliament, the country’s legislative body, passed the Navigation Acts, meant to do what?
Restrict colonial trade
What colony was Maine part of?
Massachusettes
Who was King of England at the time of the French and Indian War?
George III
During this time, what became more important to colonists, English rule or colonial self-government?
colonial self-government
What type of people were encouraged to immigrate to America because of mercantilism?
Poor people
How did England view the colonists’ trading with other countries?
As a threat to their profit index
Boston is the capital of what colony?
Massachusettes
The region of land west of the Appalachian Mountains that caused tensions with France, England, and Native Americans?
Ohio River Valley
Name the series of laws passed by Great Britain created to regulate colonial trade.
Navigation Acts
What is Mercantilism?
Economic theory that if a country wants to become wealthy and powerful, it must have a favorable balance of trade.
What system allowed private individuals and companies to control their own production?
Capitalism
New Jersey is part of what set of colonies?
Middle Colonies
Parliment invited William and Mary to lead England is what was considered what?
The Glorious Revolution
What was the sole purpose of the Navigation Acts?
To insure Britain profited from the colonies.