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•New England’s coast New England’s coast had the world’s best had the world’s best whaling and fishing whaling and fishing grounds:grounds:
It took 2,500 trees to make a It took 2,500 trees to make a ship in colonial times:ship in colonial times:
3. What did New 3. What did New Englanders export to the Englanders export to the rest of the world?rest of the world?
4. 4. What did the population What did the population in New England benefit in New England benefit from?from?
•New New EnglanderEnglanders s benefited benefited from the from the wealth wealth being being created in created in the the seaportsseaports
Boston was the busiest and Boston was the busiest and wealthiest city in the colonieswealthiest city in the colonies
5. Name three seaports 5. Name three seaports (coastal towns) in New (coastal towns) in New England:England:•BostonBoston
6. Who did the colonists 6. Who did the colonists begin competing with?begin competing with?
•England’s fishermen, England’s fishermen, shipbuilders and shipbuilders and merchants:merchants:
7. Who is supposed to profit 7. Who is supposed to profit (make money) from the colonies (make money) from the colonies under the economic theory of under the economic theory of Mercantilism?Mercantilism?•The Mother Country (England) is The Mother Country (England) is
supposed to profit from its supposed to profit from its coloniescolonies
8. Name the Acts that England 8. Name the Acts that England passed in 1651 to make sure passed in 1651 to make sure that it profited from colonial that it profited from colonial prosperity: prosperity: •The Navigation Acts:The Navigation Acts:
9. According to the Navigation 9. According to the Navigation Acts: Acts:
•All goods had to be carried on All goods had to be carried on EnglishEnglish ships or ships made in ships or ships made in the the English ColoniesEnglish Colonies
•Products such as Products such as tobacco, wood, tobacco, wood, and sugarand sugar could only be sold tocould only be sold to England England or its coloniesor its colonies
•European imports to the European imports to the colonies had to pass through colonies had to pass through EnglishEnglish ports ports
•Officials were to Officials were to taxtax any colonial any colonial goods not shipped to Englandgoods not shipped to England
. 10. How did the colonists . 10. How did the colonists feel about these laws?feel about these laws?
•The American Colonists The American Colonists resented these lawsresented these laws
11. Merchants 11. Merchants _____________the Acts _____________the Acts whenever possible.whenever possible.•IgnoredIgnored
12. What did England have 12. What did England have trouble doing regarding the trouble doing regarding the acts?acts?•England had trouble England had trouble
controlling shipping and controlling shipping and patrolling the long patrolling the long coastline of the coloniescoastline of the colonies
14. Define Smuggling:14. Define Smuggling:
•Importing or Importing or
exporting exporting
goods illegallygoods illegally
15. What else did England 15. What else did England have trouble with regarding have trouble with regarding colonial shipping?colonial shipping?
•England also had great England also had great difficulty preventing difficulty preventing pirates from interfering pirates from interfering
with colonial with colonial
shipping:shipping: