1) ANALYZE causes and effects of economic differences among

regions in the 13 colonies.

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H: Raise your hand

A: Complete Ch 4.4 Power Notes

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P: Raise Your Hand

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• Ch4.4 Power Notes, pen(cil)

Ch 4.4 (Power Notes) – “Roots of Self Gov’t”

Reading Focus (pp. 120-123)• Why did England want to regulate colonial

trade?A. England Regulated Colonial Trade1. England believed in an economic theory

called mercantilism, which said:a. A nation became strong by strictly controlling

its trade.b. A country should export more than it imported.• exports - goods sent to markets outside a country• imports - goods brought into a country

2. To enforce mercantilism, England passed the Navigation Acts, laws that regulated trade between England and the colonies so that England benefited.a. Only colonial or English

ships could carry goods to and from the colonies.

b. Colonial merchants could ship goods such as tobacco and cotton only to England.

c. Colonists were encouraged to build their own ships.

B. Trade in Rum and Slaves1. Colonial merchants developed many trade routes.

One route was known as the triangular trade.

2. Colonial merchants sometimes defied, or didn’t follow the Navigation Acts by buying goods from the Dutch, French, and Spanish West Indies.