Warm-Up Do NOT use your Book! From memory ONLY! Remember the song! List the 4 New England Colonies List the 4 Middle Colonies List the 5 Southern Colonies Remember the song!
Umbrella Question- Mercantilism and Triangle of Trade Describe Mercantilism and the Triangle of Trade. Then explain how they influenced the colonization of the New World. Copy this Umbrella Question into your binder under the class work section
Mercantilism write in the class work section of your binder
Timber Tobacco Fur Machines Tools Furniture
Textiles STOP! Navigation Acts France Cotton
Import Export
Free Enterprise Economic competition with little government control
Mercantilism Positives for the Colonies Negatives for the Colonies Guaranteed partner in trade (buy and sell) with (England) Only allowed to trade with England Might not get the best price Might not be able to buy the best products
Triangle of Trade
Cotton, Tobacco, Sugar, Molasses Europe- England Manufactured Goods Example: Clothes, Tools, Guns Cotton, Tobacco, Sugar, Molasses Triangle of Trade North America West Africa Slaves
Balance of Trade Country could be self-sufficient Fewer imports than exports Navigation Acts
Roving Paragraph How did Mercantilism affect the British colonies? Who did it benefit? Who did it hurt? Why did Britain have such a policy?