Reasons England Established Colonies in America. What do these images have in common?

Reasons England Reasons England Established Colonies in Established Colonies in

AmericaAmerica

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Economic ReasonsEconomic Reasons• high unemployment in England high unemployment in England

caused by landowners who forced caused by landowners who forced small farmers off the land in order to small farmers off the land in order to raise sheep for the production of woolraise sheep for the production of wool

• manufacturing interests in England manufacturing interests in England sought markets for their goodssought markets for their goods

• manufacturers wanted a source manufacturers wanted a source of raw materials of raw materials

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Political ReasonsPolitical Reasons• search for a new passage to India in search for a new passage to India in

order to compete with Spain and order to compete with Spain and PortugalPortugal

• promise of gold to increase England’s promise of gold to increase England’s wealthwealth

• acquisition of territory to add to empireacquisition of territory to add to empire• buffer against Spanish colonies in buffer against Spanish colonies in

AmericaAmerica

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Social ReasonsSocial Reasons• freedom from religious persecutionfreedom from religious persecution• protection of cultureprotection of culture

Copy these definitions into your spiral:Copy these definitions into your spiral:

•EconomicEconomic – relating to money and – relating to money and how one makes a living or how goods how one makes a living or how goods and services are produced and soldand services are produced and sold•PoliticalPolitical – relating to government or – relating to government or its conduct, the people who make the its conduct, the people who make the government and its actionsgovernment and its actions•SocialSocial – relating to people and their – relating to people and their relationships and interdependencerelationships and interdependence

Mercantilism

Definition of Definition of MercantilismMercantilism

•Mercantilism is an economic theory stating that colonies exist to benefit the parent country

How does mercantilism How does mercantilism work?work?• In the system of In the system of

mercantilism, the colony mercantilism, the colony sells raw materials to the sells raw materials to the parent country and the parent country and the parent country sells parent country sells manufactured goods to the manufactured goods to the colony.colony.

Mercantilism is Mercantilism is exclusive.exclusive.

• The colony must trade only with the parent country. It give the parent company a monopoly on trade.

• If the colony can get goods only from another country, the goods must be shipped to the parent country and then sent to the colony.

C.C. Colonies are not supposed to Colonies are not supposed to develop any industry/manufacturing develop any industry/manufacturing because they are supposed to get because they are supposed to get those products from the those products from the PARENTPARENT country. However, due to the country. However, due to the distance between England and her distance between England and her colonies, colonies soon begin colonies, colonies soon begin industries.industries.

D.D. SHIPBUILDINGSHIPBUILDING becomes an becomes an

important important NEW ENGLANDNEW ENGLAND industry, industry, because colonial trade can be because colonial trade can be conducted on colonial-built conducted on colonial-built SHIPSSHIPS

The government is The government is involved.involved.

• Under the system of Under the system of mercantilism, the mercantilism, the government regulates government regulates the economy for the the economy for the good of the empire.good of the empire.

• The good of the The good of the individual is not individual is not considered.considered.

• It was developed in order to provide raw It was developed in order to provide raw materials and markets for manufactured materials and markets for manufactured goods for the parent country.goods for the parent country.

• Colonies provide Colonies provide RAW MATERIALSRAW MATERIALS (like (like LUMBER, FURS, ORES) that the parent LUMBER, FURS, ORES) that the parent country use to produce country use to produce MANUFACTURED GOODSMANUFACTURED GOODS (like (like FURNITURE & TOOLS)FURNITURE & TOOLS)

• The parent country sells the The parent country sells the MANUFACTURED GOODSMANUFACTURED GOODS back to the back to the colonists. (The colonies provide a colonists. (The colonies provide a marketmarket for the goods.)for the goods.)

What’s in it for me?What’s in it for me?• The colonies did not get any benefit from The colonies did not get any benefit from

this so they eventually set up their own this so they eventually set up their own production and trade with other countries production and trade with other countries (smuggling).(smuggling).

• For a long time, England For a long time, England ignoredignored the the colonies and their economic practices and colonies and their economic practices and left them to develop on their own which left them to develop on their own which had some positive effects for the colonies. had some positive effects for the colonies. (Salutary Neglect.)(Salutary Neglect.)

E.E.The parent country gets rich! It has a The parent country gets rich! It has a monopoly on trade, so English colonies can monopoly on trade, so English colonies can only trade with England. Any trade with only trade with England. Any trade with another country is illegal - another country is illegal - SMUGGLINGSMUGGLING

F.F.For about 100 years, the English colonists For about 100 years, the English colonists do what they want (manufacturing, trading do what they want (manufacturing, trading with other countries) because England is with other countries) because England is too far away to police the situation.too far away to police the situation.

G.G. The The NAVIGATION LAWSNAVIGATION LAWS were a were a series of laws regulating trade between series of laws regulating trade between England and her colonies.England and her colonies.

TRIANGULAR TRADE ROUTESTRIANGULAR TRADE ROUTES

• TRIANGULAR TRIANGULAR TRADE ROUTESTRADE ROUTES - trade routes - trade routes moving raw moving raw materials and materials and manufactured manufactured goods between goods between Europe, Africa Europe, Africa and the colonies. and the colonies.

• MIDDLE MIDDLE PASSAGEPASSAGE - the - the most most INHUMANEINHUMANE leg leg of the of the triangular trade triangular trade routes in which routes in which African African SLAVESSLAVES were were brought to the brought to the New WorldNew World