2.4 key info from notes

Question 1

Why was Transatlantic trade used by European nations?

Answer 1

It represented a principal way to become stronger to them.

Question 2

Describe the logistics of the triangular trade routes:

Answer 2

• first a ship would leave port in New England carrying rum across the Atlantic to west Africa, then the rum would be traded for hundreds of captive africans
• next, the ship would set out on the horrendous Middle passage. those africans who survived the voyage would be traded in the west indies for sugar cane
• third, completing the last side of the triangle, the ship returned to a new England port where the sugar would be sold to be made into rum.

Question 3

What is Mercantilism in a nutshell.

Answer 3

the economic theory that a country’s wealthy was determined by how much more it explored than it imported

Question 4

Even though mercantilism was the normal practice of this time period, how did England enforce these regulations?

Answer 4

England was normally very lax in regulations to the colonies even though mercantilism was supposed to be strict enforcement. this was called salutary neglect

Question 5

What was King James II determined to do with the colonies?

Answer 5

To increase royal control over the colonies by combining them into larger administrative units and doing away with representative assemblies.

Question 6

What was the result of this lust for control?

Answer 6

It led to the glorious revolution