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US History Chapt 3
Seeds of Independence/ The People & Economic Development- Part 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Industry Workers | Served the needs of their communities |
| Examples of Industry Workers include: | Blacksmiths; Coopers; leather workers; cabinet makers; millers |
| master craftsmen trained | apprentices |
| Large scale businesses had to follow English laws enforcing | mercantilist policies |
| Mercantilist Policies stated that | a nation should be self-sufficient and own large stores of gold and silver. If a country did not have sufficient natural resources, it should obtain colonies that could supply: raw materials, a market for manufactured goods and yield gold and silver. |
| Fishing & Whaling Industry | Off the coast of New England; fish were salted, dried and shipped to Europe and the West Indies. |
| Whale Oil | a fuel for lamps, brought high prices |
| Shipbuilding Main Centers in New England | Boston and Salem |
| New England vessels were world famous for | speed and ease |
| Forests in New England, PA and NC supplied lumber for general building purposes and these for shipbuilding | pitch, tar, resin and turpentine |
| Native Americans exchanged what for axes, knives, beads, cloth, guns, ammo and rum? | Fur |
| What from the West Indies was used to make rum? | Molasses |
| Rum was made in what? | Distilleries |
| Rum was used in the | Fur trade and African Slave Trade |
| Iron Ore was discovered where? | New England, New York and Pennsylvania |