Navigation Acts and Salutary Neglect

A system in which slaves, manufactured goods, and raw materials were exchanged between the Americas, the British controlled West Indies, and Africa.

• The Navigation Acts

• Triangular Trade

• The Middle Passage

• Mercantilism

The impact of mercantilism was that...

• The Colony grew wealthy

• Trade was limited in the Atlantic

• The Mother Country grew wealthy

• The rate of slavery in the Americas went down

How did some colonists' react to the Navigation Acts

• They liked the laws because it helped the colonist.

• They began to import more goods and pay taxes.

• They began to smuggle the goods into America.

Smuggling means?

• Trading provisions

• Trading good illegally

• Trading slaves

Navigation Acts

• A person or company who sells goods/products (merchandise)

• In: goods coming into a country

• Exit: goods going out of a country (selling)

• The specific laws passed by England to control the trade

Imports

• A person or company who sells goods/products (merchandise)

• In: goods coming into a country

• Exit: goods going out of a country (selling)

• The specific laws passed by England to control the trade

Exports

• A person or company who sells goods/products (merchandise)

• In: goods coming into a country

• Exit: goods going out of a country (selling)

• The specific laws passed by England to control the trade

Indentured Servants were_______________________________?

• Used prior to slaves; had to work for 5-7 years before being free.

• Slaves

• The most famous leg

• Important trading route

What was salutary neglect?

• Britain was strictly controlling the colonies

• Britain left the colonies to govern themselves

• Britain sent an army to the colonies

• Britain sold the colonies to France

What was the goal of the Navigation Acts?

• To loosen up restrictions on the colonies

• To help people navigate the ocean

• To regulate trade so England could make more money

• To sell the colonies to France