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Colonial America



Navigation Acts Questions

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Main Idea: America was full of plantations that were used for crops in order for them to gain money somehow. CCQ: If the economy was based on slavery and the crops that they grew, would have that have implied they had a stable economy because they were forced to work?



Main Idea: Agriculture was what supported economic activity in Colonial America. It allowed a balance of trade because if they had exports to give out, then they had an oppurtunity to gain money so they could inquire imports. If growing crops did not work, then Colonists would resort to other resources to use such as timber and fish. Northern colonial economies would have a more difficult job because across New England they had thin and rock soil, but they resorted to subsistence farming,

__**SHORTER VERSION**__: Northern Colonies made money by fishing and farming.

__Southern Colonies':__ Colonies is the south used indigo and cotton to make money.



Triangular Trade: Main Idea: Traingular trade is a trade involving three countries in which each export a good they have, and get an export from two other countries.

Discussion Tabs: Navigation Acts Video Response: The students did get their facts right, but they also had made inferences. In one part of the video they had said that if the English signed a deal with the colonies they would be guaranteed that they would give some of their goods and trade with the English, but in fact no one really would know for sure if they would be willing to trade. Also, the English hadn’t supported the colonies’ lumber and ship making, theymore just wanted to control everything and just tell them what they could or could not do. I’d improve their work by making their facts more truthful rather than just inferences. The reason why is because, if you depend on inferences more than the truth than you could get mixed up on what is right and wrong

CCQ About Navigation Acts and Salutary Neglect: I disagree, because the navigation acts were made so England would maintain power and only allow colonies to be able to trade with them, therefore, allowing them to make more money. Salutary neglect, however, shifted the amount of power and money that was being made, so they tried to enforce rules where the colonies wouldn't be so successful. That's when the British was starting to put together the Navigation Acts. However, colonist resolved to smuggling and illegal trades which also made them very wealthy. Therefore, the Navigation acts were not ill- conceived because of salutary neglect, because in both cases colonist were still able to make money.

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I chose these set of pictures because I felt that they were the best to try to make someone try and not participate in slavery. The pictures were visuals of each slave's story and the situations most were faced. For people to actually have a visulization, it allows them to undersatnd things better. If people understand that slaves should be free, then that would make things more equal and better.

__Olaudah Equiano__ 1. This doesn't really change anything, I still think that something with such specific details was all just a lie. I think that maybe he himself didn't go through it, but someone did.

2. This shouldn't change your opinion because the details and events could have been someone elses journey and story. So, either way it doesn't matter who went through it the feelings should be the same.

Olaudah Equiano sold and bought slaves to others to gain his own freedom, therefore, his book was a contributor to end slavery. He himself a slave, sold others, he was an incredibly smart man.