Mercantilism

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What is mercantilism?

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A system where a mother countries gains money and power from natural resources that come from its colonies.

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True or False? Great Britain wanted to create wealth by importing more goods than it exported.

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False

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Which term means a good to sold another country?

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Export

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EXPORTS of the 13 colonies included: Manufactured goods, Raw Materials, Slaves, Gold

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Raw Materials

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The impact of mercantilism was that

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The Mother Country grew wealthy

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Wood, water, bricks, corn - are all from the earth. These are called: ____________.

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raw materials

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Raw materials are used to make the things we make ourselves or buy in stores. Those things are:___________.

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manufactured goods

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Land the mother country takes in a distant place and uses to make money for itself is a _____________.

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colony

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Based on the political cartoon, how does mercantilism benefit the mother country?

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The colonies provide everything to the mother country.

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Mercantilism is when Raw materials were bought cheaply by the 'Mother Country' and sold as refined materials to the colony

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Raw materials were bought cheaply by the 'Mother Country' and sold as refined materials to the colony