Mercantilism and Economic Policies
Define mercantilism.
What is an economic theory that emphasizes building a nation's wealth by exporting more than it imports.
What was the French and Indian War also known as?
What is The Seven Years War
What was the purpose of the Tea Act?
What is allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonies, undermining colonial merchants.
What was the Boston Massacre?
What is the British soldiers fired on a crowd of colonists in Boston, killing five people. This incident heightened tensions between Britain and the colonies.
What type of army did the colonist create?
Who are Minute Men
What were the Navigation Acts?
What is laws that required all goods transported to or from English colonies to be carried on English or colonial ships.
How was the French and Indian War funded?
What is the British borrowed heavily to finance the war.
What was the purpose of the Sugar Act?
What is it imposed a tax on sugar and molasses imported to the colonies, aiming to reduce debt from the war and stop smuggling.
What happened during the Boston Tea Party?
What is a protest of the Tea Act, the Sons of Liberty, disguised as Mohawk Native Americans, dumped 342 chests of British tea into Boston Harbor.
What did General Gates want to take from the colonist?
What is weapons and gunpowder
How did Salutary Neglect influence the relationship between Britain and the colonies?
What is a policy where Britain avoided strict enforcement of colonial trade laws, allowing the colonies to operate with more freedom.
Who was involved in the conflict?
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List who sided with who in the conflict
Who is The British and The French
British: The Colonist and Iroquois Confederacy
French:
Algonquin, Ottawa, and Shawnee
What was the purpose of the Stamp Act, and who was most affected by this Act?
What is required colonists to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper, affecting legal documents, newspapers, and other papers.
What were the Coercive Acts?
What is the Intolerable Acts by the colonists, these were laws passed to punish Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party.
Where did the Battles take place?
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Were these battles planned?
Where is Lexington and Concord
What is no, they were not intentional
Explain the impact of mercantilism on colonial economies.
What is by limiting their economic freedom and binding them to serve the economic interests of the mother country
Who was expected to repay the war debt?
Who are the Colonist
What was the purpose of the Quartering Act?
What is required colonists to house and supply British soldiers stationed in the colonies.
What decisions were made during the First Continental Congress?
What is they agreed to support a boycott of British goods and to petition the king for a redress of grievances. They also prepared for possible military action.
Who won the Battles?
Who is the British and the Colonist
List the four basic economic principles (or rules) of mercantilism.
What are:
A country becomes rich and powerful by collecting as much gold and silver as possible.
The mother country should produce manufactured goods, while the colonies should provide natural resources.
A country becomes rich and powerful by increasing the number of colonies it has.
A country should have more exports than imports.
Discuss the significance of the French and Indian War in American history.
What is it set the stage for the American Revolution.
Explain the impact of the Townshend Act on colonial resistance.
What is placed a tax on imported goods like glass, paint, paper, and tea, leading to further colonial unrest and boycotts.
Discuss the role of the First Continental Congress in the lead-up to revolution
What is it marked one of the first organized, collective colonial actions against British rule.
What is the significance of Lexington and Concord in American history.
What is they marked the beginning of the Revolutionary War.