Mercantilism
With which country were the colonies only allowed to trade?
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 in order to make money.
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 were part of what region?
Southern Colonies
Name the first tax implemented against the colonies by Britain.
What is the Sugar Act?
Name the English policy in which England did not enforce the Navigation Laws in the American colonies.
What us 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
What did colonists smuggle that was a byproduct of sugar?
What is whiskey or rum?
Name the war that started in 1754 in the American colonies.
What is the French and Indian War?