Nat Geo 8th Grade - Chapter 4 Section 1.2

Today I will understand Atlantic trading patterns and their effects on the colonial economy by analyzing cause and effect and creating a KWL chart.

Main Idea

New England Merchants expanded the colonial economy through Atlantic trade.

Provisions the action of providing or supplying something for use. supply with food, drink, or equipment, especially for a journey.

Navigation Acts were a series of laws passed by the British Parliament that imposed restrictions on colonial trade. British economic policy was based on mercantilism, which aimed to use the American colonies to bolster British state power and finances.

Smuggling - the illegal movement of goods into or out of a country.

Atlantic trade increased the demand for workers in port cities. Workers were needed to build the ships and make the sails. Workers were also needed to stock the ships with provisions and to move cargo.

England lost a portion of the potential tax revenue because the acts led to smuggling and were hard to enforce, so the acts only partially worked as intended.