Colonial EconomyMercantile System

• Countries create colonies so they have a source of raw materials and a place to sell finished goods

• You grow the ingredients for a cake but have no oven

• I bake the cake and sell it to you for more money

Furniture, Clothing, Tea, Cigarettes, Candy, and other finished goods

Lumber, Fur, Tabaco, Cotton, Rice, Naval supplies, etc…

American Colonies

Great Britain

Salutary Neglect

England followed a policy of ignoring the colonies, letting them rule themselves.

England followed a policy of ignoring thecolonies due to the French and Indian war.Allowing the American Colonists to gain asense of INDEPENDENCE

Mayflower Compact• Agreement signed at Plymouth Rock

whereby the pilgrims consented to be ruled by government they created

• This represents a step towards the idea of self-government

House of Burgesses

1619 Virginia colonists created aRepresentative government. Colonistschoose people to represent them andmake decisions.

Why did people come to the colonies?Religious Reasons- to escape persecution and find religious freedom

-Pennsylvania and Maryland were found with the idea that people should have religious freedom

Economic reasons- to find a better life than in EuropePolitical Reasons- to escape persecution for their political beliefs