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Review of Trade
Mercantilism Game
• Toothpicks = gold bars
• Britain: finished products
– Hershey’s
• What were the 3 forms
of trade?
Mercantilism Simulation Game
– New England: fish, lumber
• Smarties, Twix
– Middle: wheat, manufactured
products
• What were the
Navigation Acts?
• Krackel (Crunch), Mr. Goodbar
(Choc/Peanuts)
– Southern: tobacco, rice, indigo
• What is mercantilism?
• How did colonists trade
with European nations
other than England?
• Caramels, Skittles, Dark
Chocolate
• Spain: finished products
– Kit-Kat
• The Netherlands: finished
products
– Starbursts
Your Task
• Your goal is to
acquire as much gold
as possible by trading
and selling your
goods.
Rules of Trades
• Colonies (N.E., Middle, Southern) can only trade
with Euro countries (England, Spain, Netherlands)
• Euro countries can only trade with colonies
Round 1
• Begin trading for gold.
– Countries cannot trade with each other
• 2 colonial raw materials can be traded to Europe
for 1 finished product OR can be sold for 1 gold
bar
• During this round, colonies can trade with
ANY European country.
• 1 finished product can be traded to the Colonies
for 2 raw materials OR can be sold for 2 gold bar
• You have 5 minutes for trading.
• AFTER TRADING you can trade your products to
the “BANK” (Mr. Welchel) for gold bars (what each
resource is worth) until the bank runs out of gold
– You cannot trade your products
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Who Won?
• Meet with your groups. Count the gold
acquired by all members.
• Who won? A colonial region or European
country? Why?
But Remember…
• The Navigation Acts were passed by Parliament
to limit colonial trade with other European
countries. During the next simulation:
– Spain and the Netherlands must pay 1 gold bar to
England to trade with the colonies.
– Colonies must pay 1 gold bar to England to trade
with Spain and the Netherlands.
• But, the colonists also became very good
smugglers….
Who Won This Time?
• Who won?
• How did the Navigation Acts impact how
trade was carried out?
• Were the Navigation Acts always
followed?
Salutary Neglect
• Almost since their founding, the colonies
were in a period of “salutary neglect.”
– This unofficial policy meant the colonies were
largely left on their own to govern themselves
and to control their own trade.
• How would salutary neglect impact
enforcing of the Navigation Acts and the
development of smuggling?
Round 2
• Rules from Round 1 apply (colonies may only
trade with Europe and visa versa).
• However, the Navigation Acts are also in place, so
you must pay 1 gold bar to England to trade with
the colonies if you are Spanish or Dutch or to
trade with the Spanish or Dutch if you are a
colonist…
– … but only if England catches you…
• You have 5 minutes to trade.
Follow-Up Questions
• Be sure you kept up with who won each
round.
• Answer the questions in complete sentences
on your paper (restate the question)
1. What impact did the Navigation Acts have on
trading?
2. How did you feel about the restrictions on
trade?
3. Did you smuggle? If so, why?
4. Why was smuggling used by the colonists?
5. Who was mercantilism designed to benefit?
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