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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 ===