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Digital History: British Mercantilism and the Cost of Empire [Pdf]

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Learn about the theory of mercantilism and how it affected the economies of the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies. Practice making a bar graph showing the value of exports to and imports from England between 1700 and 1774 with the information provided. Think about whether economics was a cause of the American Revolution. [pdf]

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raw materials, colonial america, mercantilism
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balance of trade, colonies' role in mercantilism, economic theory of mercantilism, enumerated goods, markets for goods, mercantile theory, mother country, trade restrictions, triangle trade, british mercantilism, digital history, iron act, middle colonies, navigation acts, new england colonies, southern colonies, staples act
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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