Unit 4 Lessons 1 and 2

By the mid 1700s, the 13 colonies were controlled by ______.

• Spain

• Great Britain

• France

• The Netherlands

By the mid 1700s, the colonies were ______.

• Spanish

• French

• Dutch

• British

Colonial economies were based on ______ and ______.

• natural resources

• entertainment

• factories

• agriculture

• manufacturing

Mercantilism was an economic theory where the economy is controlled by the ______.

• colonies

• government

• indigenous

• plantation owners

The purpose of mercantilism was to increase the ______ in the country

• colonists

• friendships

• wealth

• merchants

The purpose of mercantilism in the 13 colonies was to ______ Great Britain.

• enrich

• steal from

• control

• aquire

Great Britain discouraged colonists from buying goods from countries other than Great Britain by placing ______ on imported goods from countries other than Great Britain.

• promises

• tags

• duties

• passes

Mercantilist policies led to ______ and the ______.

• freedom

• trust

• agreements

• wars

• Triangular Trade

The ______ were a series of laws passed by the British Parliament that imposed restrictions on colonial trade.

• Map Acts

• Mercantilist Acts

• Trade Acts

• Navigation Acts

The purpose of the Navigation Acts was to ______ the North American colonists to trade only with Great Britain.

• limit

• smuggle

• expand

• cancel