Us History | Jccc | Road To Rebellion(E1 Dr)

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Mercantilism

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-Exist to protect and manage the colonies
Colonies serve the mother country
Imperial competition for resources and markets (competition between empires)
The system takes resources from the colonies and then sells those products back to the colonies.
Keep wealth within the nation-state, don’t outsource but keep things internal.

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Navigation acts

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- way of enforcing mercantillism

-The English Navigation Acts were a series of laws that restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between England and its colonies.

-These Acts also formed the basis for British overseas trade for nearly 200 years

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1651 Act

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-beginning of navigation acts

-Their goal was to force colonial development into lines favourable to England, and stop direct colonial trade with the Netherlands, France and other European countries.

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1660 Act

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-The Restoration of the English monarchy began in 1660 when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.

-The original ordinance of 1651 was renewed at the Restoration by Acts of 1660 and 1663, and subsequently subject to minor amendment. These Acts also formed the basis for British overseas trade for nearly 200 years

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Staple Act of 1663

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-it stated that the shipping of European good to the colonies except through England or Wales was forbidden.

-imports must come from britain or other britain colonies.

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Lords of trade

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or Lord of trade and Plantations

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Board of trade

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originally Lords of trade
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-is a committee of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, first established as a temporary committee of inquiry in the 17th century that evolved gradually into a government department with a diverse range of functions.

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Textile Act

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Woolens Act -1699

-Woolen Textiles could not be exported from colonies

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Hat Act

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Hat Act - 1732

-Prohibited the exports of colonial made hats

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Iron Act

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Iron Act - 1750

-No iron products could be exported to colonies.

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Molasses Act

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Molasses Act of 1733

-Tariff on French Sugar

-Act of Parliament of Great Britain

-which imposed a tax of six pence per gallon on imports of molasses from non-British colonies

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