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Do now:
We are 6 days away from a national mid-term election
(non-Presidential election year).
 Write a min of 3 lines on ONE of the following questions:
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2.
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Why do we have the secret ballot in the United States?
(meaning you don’t have tell ppl who you vote for)
How could announcing who you are voting for be
problematic?
Today, I will understand how the Navigation Acts
benefited both the colonies and England; how
triangular trade exacerbated slave trade, and the
rights enjoyed by the colonists.
Grading period ends today, colonial quiz and
pamphlets must be completed and turned in to me.
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To read aloud and answer the guided reading
questions that you should have picked up
upon entering class.
This is expected to be fully and accurately
completed by the end of class.
Off-task behaviors will not be
tolerated!!!!!!!
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Mercantilism and Triangular Trade (take notes)
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What is the theory behind mercantilism?
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What are “raw materials?”
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How does it benefit the “mother or colonizing
country?
How could mercantilism lead to resentment?
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Benefited England
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Ensured its control over colonial shipping
Certain products could be shipped only to England
Created jobs for English workers
Benefited the colonies
Led colonists to build ships (trade and defense)
 Protected colonial merchants from foreign
competition (darn French, Spanish, and Dutch)
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Impact:
Increase in
slave trade
(slaves treated
as chattel =
property)
Further
destabilization
of Africa.
Increased
colonial
dependency on
England which
led to hostility.
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King (selected by God or via war)
Colonial proprietor (given land by the king, could also
appoint governor if the monarch didn’t)
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Governor (serves as the king’s henchman)
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Upper House (Advisers to the governor)
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Lower House (selected to protect the interests of the
citizens)
Citizens (generally, white, male, land owners)
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For a period of about 4 years, James II
consolidated the New England Colonies and
placed them all under royal control, meaning
he revoked their charters and authority to
governor autonomously (independently).
The “Glorious Revolution” resulted in an
increase in rights (rights of the accused, trial by
jury, ruler couldn’t raise taxes without the
approval of Parliament).