HOW DID THE COLONIES FEEL ABOUT MERCANTILISM

1. HOW DID THE COLONIES FEEL ABOUT MERCANTILISM?

2. Middle Colonies (NY, NJ, PA, DE): Favored Mercantilism They were helped by the Navigation Acts, because food was NOT an enumerated good. The English needed this food to feed their slave population in the West Indies.

3. Southern Colonies (MD, VA, SC, NC, GA):Disliked Mercantilism Colonies produced mostly enumerated agricultural goods (tobacco & indigo) with no manufactured goods. The plantation owners needed manufactured goods, so they did not mind the Bills of Credit. However, many plantation owners fell into debt, so they needed cheap labor.

4. Why African Slaves? By 1700, the slave trade was a major English activity, so it was pushed into the colonies. Cheap source of labor for plantations. Africans were easily identified, because of their skin color and were considered to be inferior. Why did indentured servitude lead to institutionalization of slavery? DISCUSS

5. New England Colonies (MA, NH, CT, RI):Hated Mercantilism They relied on trade as part of their economy. They needed currency (gold & silver). New Englanders made profit and got needed goods through the TRIANGULAR TRADE.

6. THE TRIANGULAR TRADERoute I Start: In the Middle Colonies with food. Take food to West Indies to trade for sugar, fruit, and gold. With sugar, fruit, and gold to England to trade for manufactured goods. Return to colonies to trade manufactured goods. Start Over

7. Start: In Middle or Southern Colonies with tobacco. Take tobacco to England in exchange for iron goods and textiles. With iron goods and textiles to West Africa to trade for slaves. Return to colonies to trade slaves for tobacco, gold, Bills of Credit, etc. Start Over THE TRIANGULAR TRADE Route II

8. Start: In West Indies with sugar and molasses. Take sugar and molasses to New England to trade/make rum. With rum to West Africa to trade for slaves. Return to West Indies to trade slaves for molasses and gold. Start Over THE TRIANGULAR TRADERoute III

9. NOTE: Smuggling was an illegal, but thriving practice because� Huge profits. Hard to convict. Custom officials were bribed. Ocean too large for British navy to patrol.

10. AFRICAN SLAVE TRANSPORTATION First Passage � Africans were captured and brought to the coast, often by powerful African tribes, to be sold to the slave traders. Middle Passage (p.61) � Crossing the Atlantic was the worst part and large numbers died, so the ships were as packed as possible.

11. AFRICAN SLAVE TRANSPORTATION Third Passage � The final sale to owner in the Americas. NOTE: The Quakers were the first to protest against slavery.