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What to expect on unit tests this year
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If you were a tobacco farmer in Virginia, how would you be affected by the Navigation Acts England passed prior to the 18 th century?
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If you were a tobacco farmer in Virginia, how would you be affected by the Navigation Acts England passed prior to the 1760s?
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FACTS Virginia grew tobacco as a cash crop Theory of mercantilism Navigation Acts Salutary neglect Atlantic trade routes QUESTION If you were a tobacco farmer in Virginia, how would you be affected by the Navigation Acts England passed prior to the 1760s?
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What is a cash crop? What crop did Virginia successfully grow? What is the theory of mercantilism? What were the Navigation Acts? What is salutary neglect? What are the main Atlantic trade routes?
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You use the facts you know to answer an analysis question… As a farmer I grow tobacco as a cash crop to send back to England. This is how mercantilism works - as a British colony, Virginia exists to supply raw material to England for them to resell and profit from. The Navigation Acts were passed to prohibit me from trading with anyone else and maintain the mercantilist relationship. However, lately Britain has been looking the other way when my fellow Virginians and myself secretly traded with merchants in the Caribbean. This practice of salutary neglect benefits all of us – I am making money trading as I please, and I am still able to produce for England. If you were a tobacco farmer in Virginia, how would you be affected by the Navigation Acts England passed prior to the 1760s?
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“By acquitting Zenger, you will have laid a noble foundation for securing…the liberty both of exposing and opposing tyrannical power by speaking and writing truth.” -Andrew Hamilton in A Brief Narrative of the Case and Trial of John Peter Zenger by James Alexander
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“By acquitting Zenger, you will have laid a noble foundation for securing…the liberty both of exposing and opposing tyrannical power by speaking and writing truth.” -Andrew Hamilton in A Brief Narrative of the Case and Trial of John Peter Zenger by James Alexander What fundamental American liberty is Andrew Hamilton speaking of?
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“By acquitting Zenger, you will have laid a noble foundation for securing…the liberty both of exposing and opposing tyrannical power by speaking and writing truth.” -Andrew Hamilton Freedom of the Press Libel Acquittal Freedom of the Press is a fundamental American liberty
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What fundamental American liberty is Andrew Hamilton speaking of? Freedom of the Press Libel Acquittal Freedom of the Press is a fundamental American liberty Andrew Hamilton was speaking of freedom of the press, which is the right of newspapers and other public media to publish articles believed to be accurate. This right was established at the trial of John Peter Zenger, a journalist who published a set of negative articles about a governor and was accused of libel. He was found innocent and acquitted, and the idea of freedom of the press was established as an important part of democracy.
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