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'''BIG IDEAS'''<br><br> | |||
<big> 17th century colonial economies & trade</big> | |||
* New England and mid-Atlantic coastal trade with Caribbean & European traders | |||
** commodities included timber, pine tar (for boats), fur, fish | |||
* Virginia and South Carolina export of commodities, especially tobacco, rice & indigo | |||
* British attempts to impose mercantilist policies fail<br><br> | |||
<big> 18th century colonial economies & trade up to 1763</big> | |||
* colonial westward expansion creates internal markets | |||
* deliberate British policy of "salutary neglect" leaves colonies largely unregulated | |||
* colonial wars as result of westward expansion and competition with Native Americans and the French <br><br> | |||
<big> 17th century colonial economies & trade after French-Indian War (1763) </big> | |||
* British imposition of taxes, regulations, and direct-rule via Crown-appointed Governors | |||
* British restriction on colonial expansion west of the Appalachian Mountains | |||
** in response to French-Indian War<br><br> | |||
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=== economics === | === economics === |