Nehemiah&Sabrina

Nehemiah and Sabrina 4th Period Ms. Capshaw's U.S. History

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How did the British economic policy of Mercantilism affect the colonist???
 * Did it cause the American Revolution???
 * Did non-enforcement of this policy help the development of Free Enterprise???

Answers: The British's Acts of Trade, caused the colonists to resent the country of England. Therefore, causing tension between the two.
 * Yes, i think that it did. The colonists and England had strong tensions between eachother, because of trade.
 * Yes, because the colonists became independent, which would lead to free interprise

Thinking Points:
 * What were the Navigation Acts and how did it help Mercantilism???
 * How did Salutary Neglect help the developement of Free Enterprise???
 * Why did Britain attempt to enforce mercantilism and other economic policies in the 13 colonies following the French and Indian War???
 * Define Mercantilism as it relates to the American colonies in the 1600 and 1700's.

Answers:
 * The Navigation Acts were acts of Parliament between 1651 and 1847, was designed to expand British trade.
 * Salutary Neglect was one of the causes of the "American Revolutionary War". The "War" gave the colonies independence from "the Great Britain". Which gave the colonies the devine right ti free enterprise, because they were no longer ruled by "the Great Britain".
 * British tried to enforce taxes, because they needed money to pay the war.
 * Mercantilism applied more to the colonist after the French and Indian war.

**//mer·can·til·ism// Noun /ˈmərkəntiˌlizəm/**
1. Belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism.2. The economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances, which a government should encourage by means of protectionism. [|More »][|Wikipedia] - [|Dictionary.com] Did mercantilism cause the American Revolution?

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