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mercantilism and navigation acts
mercantilism
an economic system with the purpose to enrich the mother country with a favorable balance of trade
Navigation Acts
laws that regulated colonial trade
thesis
In the period 1607-1754, slavery became the popular form of labor in the English colonies due to racism, and more importantly, economic reasons.
P2
-slaves offered a lifetime of labor (cheaper in the long run)
-cash crops (more money, but require a lot of labor) (tobacco - in jamestown)
-need labor (decrease in indentured servants because better in England)
P3
-Bacon’s rebellion (black people are racially inferior, need to control them)
-Pennsylvania attempts to abolish slavery (Quakers are tolerant)
synthesis
fighting back
stono rebellion
birth control/abortion