Juan&Azhalia

My Fabulous wiki Space How did the British economic policy of mercantilism affect the colonist? Mercantilism is when you’re trying to build a powerful and wealthy country. The British economic policy was to ban imports, encourage exports, and overly tax the colonist which they did **not** like. Thus it lead to the American Revolution. Free Enterprise is the freedom of individuals and business to operate and compete with a minimum of government interference or regulation. Non-enforcement means nobody did this. No, because nobody followed the law which was to encourage exports it did not help the development of Free Enterprise. Thinking points The Navigation Acts had four major provisions that were: The Navigation Acts were supposed to help England save money and help England make more money so it was supposed to help with mercantilism but England still had trouble controlling colonial shipping. Salutary Neglect is a hands off policy meaning don’t interfere. Because the government did not interfere the colonist got used to operating their business freely and that helped the development of Free Enterprise. Britain did this after the war because they wanted to keep control over the 13 colonies. In the 1600’s England was broke and they were hoping to find gold in the new world. They borrowed money from stockholders and the king gave them permission to settle land. In the 1700’s Britain enforced mercantilism and the Navigation Acts to save money.
 * Did it cause the American Revolution?
 * Did non-enforcement of this policy help the development of free enterprise?
 * What were the Navigation Acts and how did it help Mercantilism?
 * 1) All shipping had to be done in English ships or ships made in the English colonies.
 * 2) Products such as tobacco, wood, and sugar could be sold only to England or its colonies.
 * 3) European imports to the colonies had to pass through English ports.
 * 4) English officials were to tax any colonial goods not shipped to England.
 * How did Salutary Neglect help the development 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.

References
 * Econlib.org helped with defining mercantilism
 * Landandfreedom.org helped with why mercantilism started the Amercian Revolution
 * Dallasfed.org helped with free enterprise
 * Schoolbytes.com helped with defining mercantilism in the 1600's
 * History book pages 96, 128, and 143 helped with the Navigation Act, what Britian did after the French and Indian war, and Salutary Neglect