Harvesting the Sea: pg 96

1. What was so good about New England’s Coast?

New England’s coast had the world’s best whaling and fishing grounds: New England’s coast had the world’s best whaling and fishing grounds:

2. What were New England’s forests used for?

New England’s forests were used for ship building New England’s forests were used for ship building

It took 2,500 trees to make a ship in colonial times:

3. What did New Englanders export to the rest of the world?

Lumber and Fish:

4. What did the population in New England benefit from? New Englanders benefited from the wealth being created in the seaports New Englanders benefited from the wealth being created in the seaports

Boston was the busiest and wealthiest city in the colonies

5. Name three seaports (coastal towns) in New England: Boston Boston

Salem Salem

Newport

6. Who did the colonists begin competing with? England’s fishermen, shipbuilders and merchants: England’s fishermen, shipbuilders and merchants:

7. Who is supposed to profit (make money) from the colonies under the economic theory of Mercantilism? The Mother Country (England) is supposed to profit from its colonies The Mother Country (England) is supposed to profit from its colonies

8. Name the Acts that England passed in 1651 to make sure that it profited from colonial prosperity: The Navigation Acts: The Navigation Acts:

9. According to the Navigation Acts: All goods had to be carried on English ships or ships made in the English Colonies All goods had to be carried on English ships or ships made in the English Colonies Products such as tobacco, wood, and sugar could only be sold to England or its colonies Products such as tobacco, wood, and sugar could only be sold to England or its colonies

European imports to the colonies had to pass through English ports European imports to the colonies had to pass through English ports Officials were to tax any colonial goods not shipped to England Officials were to tax any colonial goods not shipped to England

. 10. How did the colonists feel about these laws? The American Colonists resented these laws The American Colonists resented these laws

11. Merchants _____________the Acts whenever possible. Ignored Ignored

12. What did England have trouble doing regarding the acts? England had trouble controlling shipping and patrolling the long coastline of the colonies England had trouble controlling shipping and patrolling the long coastline of the colonies

13. What became common? Smuggling Smuggling

14. Define Smuggling: Importing or Importing orexporting goods illegally

15. What else did England have trouble with regarding colonial shipping? England also had great difficulty preventing pirates from interfering England also had great difficulty preventing pirates from interfering with colonial with colonial shipping: shipping: