Mercantilism In New England

During the 1700's, people in the American colonies lived in very distinctive societies. While some colonists led hard lives, others were healthy and prosperous. The two groups who showed these differences were the colonists of the New England and Chesapeake Bay areas. The differentiating characteristics among the Chesapeake and New England colonies developed due to economy, religion, and motives for colonial expansion. The colonists of the New England area possessed a very happy and healthy life. This high way of living was due in part to better farming, a healthier environment, and a high rate of production because of more

To insure that the American colonies would contribute to this overall sense of British wealth, various Navigation Acts were passed beginning in 1650 to regulate trade between the colonies, England, and the rest of the world. In many cases, ships carrying American products to other European countries had to stop in England first to pay duties before continuing onward. Also, goods traveling to and from America had to be

Great Britain forced th colonies to only trade with them so they could make a profit, and also so they could get the things they needed from.

In the late 17th century the New England and Chesapeake developed to two distinct societies with different economic and social societies, despite both regions being settled mostly by the English. The reason for settlement in each region was different which alludes to how the regions became so different. Each region demonstrates their difference, by the way the members of their society are treated, reasons for going to the americas, and use of religion in politics.

Religion: All people settling in New England are Puritan. The Puritan religion is extremely strict. If you don’t go to church or misbehave at church you are forced to be in the stocks for a few hours or even days. Anyone who disagrees with Puritan ministers gets expelled from the colony.

Some mercantilist policies were used to control the transportation of colonial products. The Navigation Act of 1651 stated that all trade in the British empire must be conducted on British or colonial ships, with crews that were at least half English or colonial. By prohibiting colonists from using foreign ships, Britain competed with other major shipping countries, such as the Dutch. They also provided British merchants and crews with jobs. This legislature also boosted colonial economies, especially in New England, by providing jobs relating to shipping, such as shipbuilding and rope making. The Navigation Act prioritized British people and jobs over other countries, therefore promoting the British economy.

As shown by the findings of the sunken Whydah, the crew of a ship could be very diverse. They considered their nationality and social structure as ‘pirate’ and no matter the race of man, they were as free as men could be. On Samuel Bellamy’s ship, 30-50 men were former slaves, taken form slave ships. “They were truly a deviant subculture held together by a common spirit of revolt” (Webster) The average [orate crew was made of average men of average height of all

Mercantilism is when something like raw materials that is bought overseas is shipped and directed to England to be taxed and then sold again at a higher tax. No this is not a fair economic polocy bevause when a colonist bought something their money waesnt always going to what it was supposed to and it allowed England to gain a lot of money in the wrong way. The impact that it had on the colonies is that it, look money away from the colonist making them somwhat more poor and that money goes to England allowing them to use it for other things like building a stronger and better military.

Macbeth's confidence skyrocketed, his sense of invincibility made him arrogant, which led to his death. Macbeth's hunger for power makes his ambition extremely great. “I have no incentive to pierce the foils of my intention” (Act 1, Scene 4). This represents Macbeth's ambition and highlights his dangerous nature. In order to gain more power, he also has to kill people who stand in his way.

Historically, Jean-Baptiste Colbert is associated with mercantilism and he was Louis XIV’s Finance Minister. Mercantilism is a system of political and economic policy, which evolves with the modern national state and seeks to secure a nation’s political and economic supremacy in its rivalry with other states. It is the view that maximizing net exports is the best route to national prosperity and therefore that the only true measure of the wealth of a country was by the amount of gold that it had. Also when referring to mercantilism, it is in a country’s best interest to maintain a trade surplus; to export more than it imports. Mercantilism viewed trade as a “zero-sum game.” This is the view that a country cannot gain something without another country resulting in a loss. In reference to the Mercantilism video tutorial, he talks about a pie. In order for one person to gain a bigger piece of pie, another piece has to lose some. Self-sufficiency is extremely important when discussing mercantilism because if a country has to export more than it imports, they have to be able to be self-sufficient enough not to depend on imports from other countries. Mercantilism discourage imports because they are seen as a threat to domestic industries. Therefore, protection and regulation of foreign trade and production in their own country is crucial. To do this, the government would provide incentives in order to promote

ATTENTION! Everyone gather around! I Jane Marie Abounader am a spaniard who had just returned from a visit from the Americas. I think there are somethings that everyone needs to know before moving to the spanish colonies in America. First, an economic system called mercantilism has been increasing our wealth. Since other colonies are providing various raw material such as gold and silver we are growing richer. Second, the Spanish Armada was sent by King Philip the second to conquer England and to restore Catholicism. Unfortunally the Spanish Armada was hit by English canons and as the Spanish Aramda was retreating a severe storm hit the Spanish Armada. Ever since the Spanish Armada was defeated Spains immage suffered. Later other nations and

Mercantilism – A law that was set into place so that the Colonial merchants could not

Mercantilism is a system dominated by Western European economic thought and policies from the sixteenth to the late eighteenth centuries. Mercantilism is economic independence for building a wealthy and powerful state. The goal is to achieve an advantageous balance of trade while also maintaining a domestic employment. The theory of mercantilism states that there is a certain amount of wealth in the world and that it is in a nation’s best interest to accumulate that wealth, and through that wealth, a nation is able to achieve power (Dunn & Mitchell 543). An important economic progress for mercantilism was the establishment of colonies outside of Europe. This theory of mercantilism encouraged the development of an Atlantic economy that

Mercantilism was prominent in Europe for many centuries but was eventually replaced by a greater emphasis on the free market and limited government regulations. One of the fundamental problems associated with mercantilist thought was that if every nation was attempting to promote these policies of trade so that their colonies were producing raw materials for them and then the Mother country would manufacture the products and in turn sell them to their colonies to obtain gold and silver, this could not produce a good economic system. There does not really exist a solution where every nation could pursue this same system and all continuously acquire an increasing amount of wealth. Mercantilism also did not produce the ideas of equality or utility, which developed later. Ideas of equality are important for economic growth, as can be seen later in Europe with the free market system and capitalism. During this time period Europe did not adopt ideas of utility, as shown through its zero sum concept of trade. The focus was more on the benefit of the nation as a whole rather than the individual. The society was greatly hierarchical and did not express ideas of equality, which can also be seen through Europe’s exploitation of their colonies. The idea of the harmony of interests that came about in the later 18th century by Adam Smith was absent and national accumulation of wealth was the main goal.

Although Mercantilism benefitted both the colonies and Great Britain in many different ways, it can be seen favorable to Great Britain because mercantilism justified their control over the colonies and enabled them to believe that wealth is equivalent to power, and that their economic, military, and political power could be measured by amount of gold or silver obtain. The British government looked at the colonies as tenants who were expected to equip products that were necessary in the mother country, including tobacco, sugar, and ship mast’s. Furthermore, they were unable to export certain products, such as woolen cloths or beaver hats and that they must buy imported manufactured goods exclusively from Britain. The colonists were also forbidden to indulge in vexatious dreams of economic self-sufficiency or self government. Parliament also passed laws to regulate the mercantile system such as the Navigation Law of 1650, which was intended for rival Dutch shippers who were trying to get into the American carrying trade. Following these acts, all commerce going to