Colonial Government 4-2 gr 8

Mercantilism is when a country builds its wealth by this system.

• Allowing free trade in its colonies
• Bartering with other countries
• The government monitors all trade
• The colonies are only allowed to trade with the mother country

When a country sells its good to foreign countries.

• Trade Allowance
• Exports
• Imports
• Embargo

Document that protected the English citizens from unfair treatment from the King

• The declaration of Independence
• The English Bill of Rights
• The Constitution
• The Magna Carta

The Acts that were passed to control the colonial trade.

• Sugar Acts
• Navigation Acts
• International trade Act
• Stamp Acts

The three types of Colonies

• International, Royal and Limited
• Leased and Restricted
• Charter, Royal and Proprietary
• Limited Liability, Royal and Danish

To protest the Navigation Acts the colonists did what?

• They imprisoned the Governor
• They blockaded their ports
• They burned all of the English ships
• They smuggled goods to other countries

Under the Navigation Acts the colonists could only trade with

• Spain
• France
• The Netherlands
• England

 The colonists began to smuggle goods because of this?

• France taxed all English goods
• Spain gave them money to smuggle goods to them
• They used Dutch ships which were faster than English ships
• England taxed them unfairly on all goods

A type of Colony owned by one person?

• Royal
• Proprietary
• Charter
• Delegate

Which American colony was the first to have a government with elected representatives?

• Georgia

• Virginia

• New Jersey

• Pennsylvania