Colonization - Salutary Neglect & Mercantilism
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- Q1
What was the practice of Salutary Neglect?
Many moms in England let their children raise themselves
Army soldiers disobeyed their direct superiors
The British did not enforce their laws strictly on the colonists
Rich merchants decided to ignore trade laws and taxes
30s8.4.A: Social Studies - History - Q2
What was the end result of Salutary Neglect?
Many people moved to California to escape the chaos
It made the colonists content with British rule
Colonists turned to France for political assistance
It allowed colonists to become further steeped in self-government
30s8.4.A: Social Studies - History - Q3
Which definition best describes Mercantilism?
Undersea life being destroyed by building ship yards in shallow harbors
The expectation that you will make more money if you graduate from college
The economic belief that a country becomes more powerful by having more money
A new way of paving roads that made mail delivery more efficient
30s8.4.A: Social Studies - History - Q4
Taking raw materials from other countries to make into new products and sell for gold or silver is -
the goal of Mercantilism
essentially a highway robbery of poor underdeveloped nations
a romanticized version of being the "middle man" outlawed in 1889
a forbidden practice by Britain during the Colonization Era
30s8.4.A: Social Studies - History - Q5
The factors listed above contributed most to the -
growth of representative government in the British colonies
creation of alliances between British settlers and American Indians
election of British colonists to Parliament
expansion of British trade in the Americas
30s8.4.A: Social Studies - History
