READ - pp. 66-71 (Chapter 3, Section 1 "England and Its Colonies")
IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING: You must write these by HAND, in your Looseleaf Binder
| mercantilism | * Sir Edmund Andros |
| * favorable balance of trade | * Glorious Revolution |
| * Navigation Acts | * Era of "Salutary Neglect" |
| * Dominion of New England | * "power of the purse" |
Answer the following:
- In your own words, Explain the concept of mercantilism. What was the goal of mercantalism?
- List the major colonial imports.
- Identify the chief restrictions placed on colonial trade by the British Parliament when it passed the Navigation Acts.
- How did this legislation promote Britain's mercantilist policy?
- Why was the Dominion of New England formed and what caused its collapse?
- What is meant by the term "Salutary Neglect" to describe Britain's colonial policy in the early 18c?
- During this period, how did the structure of most colonial governments foster a taste for self-government on the part of the British colonies?
