1. 1) ANALYZE causes and effects of economic differences among regions in the 13 colonies.
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A: Complete Ch 4.4 Power Notes
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Ch4.4 Power Notes, pen(cil)

2. Ch 4.4 (Power Notes) – “Roots of Self Gov’t”
Reading Focus (pp )
Why did England want to regulate colonial trade?
A. England Regulated Colonial Trade
1. England believed in an economic theory called mercantilism, which said:
A nation became strong by strictly controlling its trade.
A country should export more than it imported.
exports - goods sent to markets outside a country
imports - goods brought into a country

3. 2. To enforce mercantilism, England passed the Navigation Acts, laws that regulated trade between England and the colonies so that England benefited.
Only colonial or English ships could carry goods to and from the colonies.
Colonial merchants could ship goods such as tobacco and cotton only to England.
Colonists were encouraged to build their own ships.

4. B. Trade in Rum and Slaves
1. Colonial merchants developed many trade routes. One route was known as the triangular trade.
2. Colonial merchants sometimes defied, or didn’t follow the Navigation Acts by buying goods from the Dutch, French, and Spanish West Indies.