The Navigation Acts included the following… Colonists were to export raw materials such
as tobacco, rice, indigo, and sugar
ONLY to England or other English colonies
What did England do with the raw materials from the colonies?
benefitting the British economy. These laws created a trade system whereby Americans provided raw goods to Britain, and Britain used the raw goods
to produce manufactured goods that were sold in European markets and back to the colonies
. Products such as tobacco and wood could only be sold to England or its colonies.
What did England import from the colonies?
The goods that needed to be brought into England from the colonies consisted of raw materials from natural resources found in the New World such as
timber, fur, iron, fish, whale oil, sugar, tobacco, rice and cotton
. Rum was one of the few ‘finished goods' that were sent to England.
How did England deal with the colonies?
Britain also
needed money to pay for its war debts
. The King and Parliament believed they had the right to tax the colonies. They decided to require several kinds of taxes from the colonists to help pay for the French and Indian War. … The colonists started to resist by boycotting, or not buying, British goods.
What does a mother country do with the raw materials they get from their colonies?
Mercantilism was a system in which a mother country only traded with their colonies. The colonies would produce and sell raw materials to the mother country. The mother country would
make manufactured goods out of the raw materials
and sell them back to the colonies for a profit.
Why was mercantilism bad for the colonies?
Mercantilism brought about many acts against humanity, including slavery and an imbalanced system of trade. During Great Britain's mercantilist period, colonies faced
periods of inflation and excessive taxation
, which caused great distress.
What did the proclamation make illegal for the colonists?
The Proclamation of 1763 made it illegal
for colonists to settle in land west of the Appalachian Mountains
. … Many saw the Proclamation as an overstretching of the crown's authority, and they disregarded the edict and continued to move westward in defiance of the law.
What made the British Empire so rich?
British traders made fortunes from
ships freighted with opium off the coast of China
. They helped themselves to the riches of India. They planted new crops in their expanding colonies, like rubber in Malaysia. The key factor in the development of the Empire however, was the demand for sugar.
How many slaves did the British transport across the Atlantic?
Britain was the most dominant between 1640 and 1807 and it is estimated that Britain transported
3.1 million Africans
(of whom 2.7 million arrived) to the British colonies in the Caribbean, North and South America and to other countries.
What did the colonies produce?
| Region Economy, Industries and Trade in the Colonies | New England Colonies Fish, whale products, ships, timber products, furs, maple syrup, copper, livestock products, horses, rum, whiskey and beer |
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How did Britain rule the world?
The British Empire comprised of Britain, the ‘mother country', and the colonies, countries ruled to some degree by and from
Britain
. In the 16th century Britain began to establish overseas colonies. By 1783, Britain had built a large empire with colonies in America and the West Indies.
Why did the colonies break away from England?
The colonies wanted to break away from Great Britian.
Colonists protesting the taxes passed by Parliament
. The colonists had to follow British laws and had to do whatever the King of England and Parliament told them to do. The colonists wanted to be able to control their own government.
What bad things did the British do to the colonists?
They had to pay high taxes to the king
. They felt that they were paying taxes to a government where they had no representation. They were also angry because the colonists were forced to let British soldiers sleep and eat in their homes.
What were the richest colonies?
Among the mainland colonies,
the white southerners
were the richest, on average, with about twice the wealth of New England or the Middle Atlantic region. If we include the West Indies as one of the colonial areas, then its thriving sugar industry made it the wealthiest.
How do colonies benefit the mother country?
Under mercantilism, colonies were important because they
produced raw materials for the mother country
, goods that the country would have to import otherwise (things like grain, sugar, or tobacco). The colonies also gave the mother country an outlet for exports, which increased jobs and industrial development at home.
What was one benefit colonies brought to their mother countries in Europe?
Establishing colonies promoted mercantilist goals in two ways: first, the colonies ensured the
mother country had a cheap supply of raw materials
(timber, sugar, tobacco, furs, just to name a few), and second, the colonies served as a captive market for finished goods (furniture, guns, metal implements).
