Colonial_Life

Colonial Life How was colonial life' Many historians ponder this thought even today. Did the economy flourish or was it horrific' Was society even based or was it determined by birth' How was the government picked' Was there a king over the colonies, or was there somewhat of a democracy' I would like to start this paragraph with a quote from the father of electricity, Ben Franklin, which said “beware of small expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship. Colonial economy was mostly based on mercantilism. The kings loved the thought of mercantilism, because the kings thought they were going to make a huge profit off the colonies. The Triangular Trade was another way that the early colonist traded with the mother country and also other countries. After the Triangular Trade started to pickup, England passed a Navigation Act that said the colonies could only sale certain goods to England, and other goods required a tax before being sold. The result of the Navigation Act was colonies, colonial, america, society, today, house, colony, based, women, upper, thought, people, new, much, mostly, governor, government, england, way, wanted, vote, triangular, trade, today’s, times, thirteen, small, said, proprietary, navigation, mercantilism, lower, life, legislature, legal