THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FIRST GREAT AWAKENING RELIGIOUS REVIVAL AND AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
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Colonists made money through trade and spent that money on British goods.
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The colonies were only allowed to trade with Britain, and Britain controlled prices.
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The colonists traded with American Indians for farming tools that helped increase yields.
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Britain set production quotas for the colonies, and colonists could only sell to Britain.
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Detailed explanation-1: -British economic growth was propelled by raw materials supplied by its colonies so the nation could export finished products. Mercantilism brought about many acts against humanity, including slavery and an imbalanced system of trade.
Detailed explanation-2: -How did Great Britain benefit from the policy of salutary neglect? The colonists benefited as well because they were allowed to govern themselves. Great Britain benefited from the policy still got their raw materials from the colonies and the colonies still bought the English finished goods.
Detailed explanation-3: -The salutary neglect definition is the unofficial British policy where parliamentary rules and laws were loosely or not enforced on the American colonies and trade. For the colonists, this policy expanded freedom when it came to trade and self-government, and resulted in colonial growth and prosperity.
Detailed explanation-4: -The British Empire grew the British economy, it traded their goods and all profits were sent to Britain. At first, they learnt the Indian language, wore Indian clothes, and were part of the community. but were always kept suppressed, never given well paid jobs and failed to help in times of famine.
Detailed explanation-5: -The policy of salutary neglect contributed involuntarily to the increasing autonomy of colonial legal and legislative institutions, which ultimately led to U.S. independence.