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Britain imported sugar, tobacco, and cotton from its American colonies, but these colonies could only trade certain goods with Britain due to specific trade policies. Name one of these policies.
- Navigation Acts
- Colonial monopolies
- Mercantilist trade restrictions
Many raw materials were sent from the Americas to Europe as part of global trade. Name one major product exported from the American colonies to Britain during this period.
- Sugar
- Tobacco
- Cotton
- Coffee
The East India Company brought tea, spices, and silk from Asia to Britain. How did chartered companies like this strengthen Britain’s control over trade?
They gave Britain exclusive trading rights in key regions, limiting competition and ensuring profits went to British merchants.
The Triangular Trade involved exchanging raw materials, manufactured goods, and enslaved people. Which economic system encouraged this type of controlled trade, and why?
Mercantilism:
It encouraged colonies to supply raw materials to the mother country
British trade laws like the Navigation Acts required goods imported to England to be carried on English ships. Explain one way these laws strengthened Britain’s economic power over its colonies.
- Ensuring colonial trade benefited British merchants and manufacturers
- Keeping wealth and resources flowing to Britain.
Consider the full Triangular Trade network. Why might colonies have relied on imported manufactured goods while exporting raw materials, and what impact did this have on their local economies?
Colonies exported raw materials for profit but depended on British manufactured goods for tools and luxury items, which limited local industry and made them economically dependent on Britain.