AP US History AMSCO Guided Notes

2.4: Transatlantic Trade

AP US History
AMSCO Guided Notes

AP US History Guided Notes

AMSCO 2.4 - Transatlantic Trade

Learning Objectives

  1. Explain the causes and effects of transatlantic trade over time.
I. Triangular Trade

1. What was the triangular trade and what goods were exchanged at each leg of the route?

2. How did the Royal African Company's monopoly on the slave trade end and who replaced it?

II. Mercantilism and the Empire

1. What was mercantilism and how did European governments use it to increase national wealth?

2. What role did colonies play in a mercantilist economic system?

III. Acts of Trade and Navigation

1. What were the three main rules established by the Navigation Acts for colonial trade?

IV. Impact on the Colonies

1. What were the positive effects of the Navigation Acts on colonial development?

2. How did the Navigation Acts limit colonial economic development and harm colonial prosperity?

3. What types of trade occurred between colonists and American Indians, and what resulted from this contact?

V. Enforcement of the Acts

1. What was salutary neglect and why did England practice this policy toward the colonies?

2. What factors made it difficult for England to enforce its trade regulations in the colonies?

VI. The Dominion of New England

1. Why did the crown revoke Massachusetts Bay's charter in 1684 and what was the consequence?

VII. A New King

1. What was King James II's goal regarding colonial control and how did he attempt to achieve it?

2. What was the Dominion of New England and why did Governor Andros become unpopular?

VIII. Overthrow of the King

1. What was the Glorious Revolution and what happened to the Dominion of New England as a result?

IX. Ongoing Trade Tensions

1. How did colonial resistance to trade regulation continue after the Glorious Revolution until 1763?

Key Terms

triangular trade

mercantilism

Navigation Acts

Dominion of New England

Sir Edmund Andros

Glorious Revolution