Triangular Trade Routes and Colonial Mercantilism Exercise

Triangular Trade Routes and Colonial Mercantilism

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Triangular Trade Routes and Colonial Mercantilism

Study the transatlantic triangular trade routes and the economic framework of colonial mercantilism.

Questions

  1. MultiChoice

    What economic theory held that colonies existed solely to enrich the home country?

  2. MultiChoice

    In the Triangular Trade, what major product was shipped from New England to West Africa?

  3. MultiChoice

    What was transported from West Africa to the West Indies along the Middle Passage?

  4. MultiChoice

    What sugar byproduct was shipped from the West Indies to New England to distill rum?

  5. MultiChoice

    What series of British laws required American colonies to trade primarily with England?

  6. MultiChoice

    How did mercantilism benefit Great Britain economically?

  7. MultiChoice

    What illegal practice did colonial merchants use to bypass British trade restrictions?

  8. MultiChoice

    What valuable raw material was exported from New England directly to Great Britain?

  9. MultiChoice

    What finished products did Britain export back to the American colonies?

  10. MultiChoice

    Why did New England merchants trade illegally with non-British Caribbean islands?

  11. MultiChoice

    How did the Triangular Trade generate profits for New England shipowners?

  12. MultiChoice

    What unofficial British policy allowed colonies relative freedom in trade before 1763?