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The 13 Colonies - 1770
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Colonial Economics
Symbol
Economic Activity
Cattle / Dairy Farm
Fishing
Fur Trapping
Grain/Cereal Farming
Indigo
Iron Mining
Lumber
Rice Farming
Rum Manufacturing
Ship Building
Tobacco Farming
Whaling
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Colonial Economics
New England
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Colonial Economics
Middle Colonies
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Colonial Economics
Southern Colonies
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Colonial Economics
Symbol
Raw Material
Finished Good(s)
Cattle
Fish
Fur
Grain/Cereal
Indigo
Iron
Lumber
Rice
Ship
Whales
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Mercantilism
Definition: An economic system (Europe in 18th century) to increase a nation's wealth by
government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests
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Colonies provide raw materials and are not allowed to mass produce finished goods
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Raw materials are shipped from the colonies to the mother country.
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Raw materials are processed into finished goods.
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Finished good are shipped back to the colonies with a tariff added to the price.
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Colonists pay for the finished goods at a higher price.
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From the Colonies
From the “Mother Country”
Point of View - Mercantilism
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