unit 1 history

What country controlled north America?

Great Britain

Why did the British government believe the American colonists should pay for the f&I war. Why did colonists disagree?

Great Britain faught to protect colonists & raise money. They disagreed because “no taxation without representation.”

How did the British taxes after the f&I war contribute to tension leading to revolutionary war?

No taxation without representation

Who were the European powers?

Spain, france, & England

How does the mother county benefit from having colonies?

They get raw materials for free

What are the negative effects of mercantilism?

. Colonies could only trade with their mother countries

. People were inslaved

. Killed a bunch of native Americans

What is mercantilism?

An economic system in which a country gains more wealth by contributing trade & using colonies for raw materials

What is triangular trade?

A trade Network that connected Europe Africa and the Americas. Inslaved people, finished goods, and raw materials were exchanged across the Atlantic ocean

What are navigation acts?

English laws that regulated colonial trade by requiring to be shipped on English ships and limited to who colonists could trade with

Why did merchants ignore the navigation acts?

To gain more money & to pay necessary goods from England

How was the native American before and after colonisation

Before they were populated, edavanced and had many resources, after many were killed and their land was stolen from them

What was the middle passage and what were the conditions of it?

A ship that took a lot of enslaved people from Africa to trade and the living conditions were gross and inhumane.