Adama&Keiera

Keiera White & Adama Anyanwu September 20, 20ll 3rd period

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 * Mercantilism**: An economic policy that England used to rule colonies. With the acquisition of colonies came the recognition that their purpose was to satisfy the needs of mother country. The regulation of economic activities in the colonies, then, centered around the accumulation of wealth for the European powers, at the colonies 'expense'.

**American Revolution:** The British mercantilism policy caused the American Revolution because increasing colonial unhappiness with the policies of the British government. The American Revolution occurred when colonial protests led to armed conflict. (militaryhistory.about.com)

**Salutary Neglect:** Colonists weren't allowed to make their own businesses. They were to supply England with raw materials and then buy her manufactured goods. However, England didn't actually force their mercantilist economic policy until the 1780's. (Capshaw@hsma.wikispaces.com)

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 * Colonists: **England was ripping off their colonies by taking their resources, making products and selling it back to them. The colonies almost never had any justice for their Mother countries’ misdeeds, expect for the Molasses act which led to extensive smuggling. Even though England made the navigation acts they never really enforced all of their rules, not until the French Indian war which left England and debt and made England start taxing products.

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 * Navigation Acts:** Navigation Acts were acts of Parliament between 1651 and 1847 designed primarily to expand British trade and limit trade by British colonies with countries that were rivals of Great Britain. Their goal was to force colonial development into lines favorable into England, and stop direct colonial trade with the Netherlands, France, and other European countries. To keep with the general policy of mercantilism, England encouraged the colonists to specialize in the production of raw materials. English factories converted raw goods to products which were then shipped back to the colonies which provided the British with a profitable market, and free from competition. To discourage manufacturing, regulations governed certain industries that would've been competitive with the British, such as the woolen-garment industry, hat making, and the iron industry. Meeting domestic needs was permissible within the regulations; they were intended mainly to prevent exports. Although many of these restrictions were on the books, they didn't cause havoc to the North American colonists, as was the case with those in the Spanish and Portuguese colonies. In fact, there were many advantages that the colonists received from this system, such as having a built-in market for their raw products. Also, trade regulations were not rigidly enforced.


 * Free Enterprise:** An economic system in which private business operates in competition and largely free of state control.

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 * Salutary Neglect/Free Enterprise:** This beneficial neglect (salutary neglect) meant that the colonists actually were left alone to develop their own economic 'style.' The economic system that the colonists developed was free enterprise giving th1em the power to own their own property, make a profit and not have the government control them. Consumers would ideally enjoy more choices and lower prices.


 * Non-Enforcement:** Non-enforcement of mercantilism helped because England made a lot of money, despite the fact that they neglected the colonists.

With the culmination of the French and Indian War in 1763, the British were victors in the world struggle for commercial supremacy and their policies of mercantilism changed. Now they began to enforce their mercantilist policies, which led to intensified animosity between the English and their colonies. Having tasted economic independence for too long a period, the American colonists had no desire to return to the mercantilist policies endured by the colonies of other European nations. (Capshaw1@hsma.wikispaces.com)
 * Why did Britain attempt to enforce mercantilism and other economic policies in the 13 colonies following the French and Indian War?**


 * Sources: ** Google; Wikipedia; militaryhistory.about.com; Capshaw@hsma.wikispaces.com/Capshaw1@hsma.wikispaces.com


 * Visual: **

England shipping goods to colonists