2.4 Study Flashcards
Atlantic Economy
Enslaved African and American Indians were exchanged between Europe, Africa, and the Americas through trade
Mercantilism
•Held a country’s wealth and power
•More exports than imports
Navigation Acts
Role of the British colonies in the Americas
•Import raw materials to Britain
New England import
Lumbar and rum
Middle colonies import
Wheat
Chesapeake colonies import
Tobacco
Southern colonies import
Rice and Indigo
Navigation Acts rules were to
Place regulations on colonial trade to increase profit for Britain
What were the 3 Navigation acts rules ?
- Trade between colonies could only occur on English ships with English crews
- All goods imported to the colonies needed to pass through ports in England
- Certain goods could only be exported from the colonies to England
Salutary Neglect
Not following the rules of Navigation Acts
Who was the Domain of New England ?
King James II
•Combined the New England colonies, New York and New Jersey
Sir Edmund Andros
Governor of Domain of New England
Glorious Revolution of 1688
•King James II was taken out of
•William and Mary brought the Dominion of New England to an end