In the 18th century, Great Britain, France, and Spain established numerous colonies in Latin America and expanded their frontier. In these established colonies, trade occurred in profitable amounts with the colonies and the mother country. However, policies were made to control foreign trade and restricted that all products be only sent to Europe. As a result, colonists began to smuggle goods to make a vast income eventually this became a problem. Nevertheless, various reactions made by the government and people to smuggling were present.
In the Caribbean, during the 18th century, colonists began to smuggle merchandise for various causes. For instance, French merchants sold products at a really low price to make a hefty profit. However, the
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The instigator of document two, for example, states “The French merchants of Dominica could sell these French goods much cheaper than the English could possibly sell British products.” Clearly, the author states that the French sold products at a low cost and the British sold their products at a higher cost than the French. Logically, people would buy products that are cheap; since the French had a cheap price they made vast revenue than the British. The author continues by saying, “The English merchants begged me to put a stop to this infamous trade, because it hurt their ability to make money and get ahead.” Here, the author explains, that the French price were so low, that the British barley sold any of there products and were losing money. This shows that the smuggled products sold very nicely and was sold less than British products. In addition, Richard Tyrell being a British admiral shows the problem of smuggling has caused Britain to lose money because they were not buying native products and also their products were not being sold. Furthermore, since Tyrell’s British and the British products weren’t being sold, he wanted the French to stop smuggling goods in so Britain can make a profit. Nevertheless, merchants continued to illegally sell products and …show more content…
Some people were promoting smuggling such as document 8. While, some people were against smuggling like document three. However, document eight shows that some people began to join in the smuggling activities to gain some wealth. Furthermore, some people prioritized monetary gain over public image. In addition, people cared about money and wealth. Nevertheless, some people supported smuggling. Other people were against it. For instance, document three shows that some people were smuggling slaves, and since there was no labor force plantations got ruined. However, the plantation owners wanted to stop the smuggling of slaves. Therefore, they “cried” to the government to stop these smugglers from ruining their wealth and plantation. Clearly, people had mixed responses on smuggling as a whole. Some people were against it, while some people promoted
The British Treatment and the Colonial Resistance both played big roles leading up to the American Revolution. The British wanted to colonists under their control and the colonists wanted fairer treatment than they were getting. The British treatment was really unfair to the colonist’s due to the laws that the British enforced on the colonist’s. One of the unfair laws was the Stamp Act. It was unfair because it taxed colonist without their consent.
They stuck to their jobs and continued to do their duties, even though they could be charged with treason. None of the merchants saw a problem with their duties because, “business was business.” (8). This gave them the attribute of being resourceful by continuing their work, although, it was against the law. The merchants of the time could just as easily have created more allies with other countries that were not part Seven Years’ War, but they stuck to their work and were honest and true.
In order to get contraband past the Britain the merchants disguised their ships with flags of truce(Truxes 87-104), used legal goods as covers
Between the years 1600 to 1700, English colonists were just settling the New World and establishing their own colonies, yet this colonization didn’t come without obstacles. Upon entering the seemingly unscathed land, colonists were greeted by Native Americans. At first, the two groups expressed a relationship characterized by amity and cooperation, yet as time went on, the “white superiority” of the colonists and the belief that they were primary owners of land soured the relationship. It was just a matter of time before the colonists would take over and run out the Native Americans. Primarily peaceful and affable, the relationship between the Indians and English steadily depreciated as the English overran the lands of the Indians while the
"Those who want to reap the benefits of this great nation must bear the fatigue of supporting it" (Thomas Paine). This quote relates to the struggles that the British had to endure while finding solutions for their many dilemmas. In order for the British to have full advantage over the colonial nation, they had to overcome these issues. They figured that they could press the American colonists to help share this burden, which would not only be a solution for their problems, but would also increase their power throughout the country. Therefore, the British desired to tax the American colonists due to the financial consequences of the French and Indian war, to demonstrate sovereignty, and for defense against the French.
To clarify why Britain would do this, Britain wanted to make sure that American traders weren’t supplying their enemy, France, with needed materials. “which shall we do,
The British men gathered full control of the trading center present in the Americas, and created the Navigation Acts to help aid them in their tactics to take control over all trade within the Americas. The Navigation Acts were passed under a mercantilist system, and was used to regulate trade in a way that only benefitted the British economy. These acts restricted trade between England and its colonies to English or colonial ships, required certain colonial goods to pass through England before export, provided subsidies for the production of certain raw goods in the colonies, and banned colonial competition in large-scale manufacturing. This lowered the competition in the trading world for the British and caused the British to have a major surge in power, that greatly attributed to the growth of their rising empire. The British’s ambitious motives in the trading world help portray a way that the British took control of an important piece in the economy of all of the other nations present in the colonies in the time period, and shows another leading factor in the growth of the British empire.
In document 2, the sugar act was passed placing a tax on sugar. The colonist weren’t used to taxes and they didn’t like it. So to rebel, they stopped buying sugar and the value went down. Then Britain passed the Townshend act putting a tax a glass, lead, paper, oil, etc. Again the colonist didn’t like it and began limiting imports increasing the value of goods.
Merchants were afraid Canadians would move in on their markets. Fisheries,
The Colombian Exchange Since the first American colonies were established, Britain had always intended to use its citizens and resources to reap a grand profit for themselves to keep their top ranking as the best imperialist country. The nutritious foodstuffs grown from the colonies caused a dramatic rise in the population, health, and life expectation of the European peoples. Although Europe 's population and economy may have thrived due to the Colombian Exchange during the late 1600 's and early 1700 's, the Americas, however, were forced to endure warfare based upon the conflicts between the Natives cultural traditions and the colonists imperialistic views, and diseases that wrought havoc on both populations from the lack of immunity. As the Americas sent over food grown from their land such as corn or potatoes, the quality of life was forever changed for the European citizens, who had before been recovering from a period of epidemics caused by poor hygiene.
This big mush in mercantilist ideas came along with the help of tariffs, or trading taxes on imported goods. Hence, we no longer had to rely on Britain for our much needed produced goods such as clothing, furniture, or tools. This caused Britain to lose money, the money they desperately needed to fund their war effort. So, along with impressing our sailors and enforcing a tax, they also took goods from any ships they boarded. This only helped to infuriate the country further as they saw no real reason why britain had to do this.
The Tobacco industry created a consumer-based market and stimulated economic growth both in the Colonies as well as back in England, giving the English crown more capital to fund more forces and resources sent to expand their presense in North America. They had a very powerful and dominating navy as well, which was only increased by this income. Unrest and stagnation early on in England also spurred people to migrate from Britain to the new world for apparent religious reasons as well as for the avoidance of tax, which nevertheless increased their power in the New World. They did not care about nor respect Native American land orculture, which led to numerous wars, conflicts, and a troublesome relationship that can still be observed today. In conclusion, the seven years was between France and Britan ( 1756–63) saw Britan winningthe struggle and establishing the Navigation acts, which allowed England colonies to trade only with England and gave England economic hegemony for a short period, as well as other benefits.
Lane, Kris E. Pillaging the Empire: Piracy in the Americas 1500-1750 (M.E. Sharpe Inc., 1998). Kris E. Lane’s Pillaging the Empire: Piracy in the Americas 1500- 1750 focuses on Spain and Portugal’s encounters with pirates in the Americas during the early modern era. Lane diverges from traditional history on piracy through his attempt to place pirates in a world-historical perspective and he emphasizes how pirates were motivated by their desire for money rather than patriotic motives. Lane is a professor of Colonial Latin American History at Tulane University. The purpose of Pillaging the Empire is to provide a chronological survey of piracy in the Americas and introduce maritime predation in Spain’s colonial holdings between 1500 and1750.
The elements of the South Atlantic system included the tools, equipment, and ships provided by European merchants, investors and planters, the Atlantic slave trade which encompassed African slaves, and plantations that were established on Native American territory. The system involved the purchase of African slaves by European planters and their transportation to the West Indies and the mainland. The slaves produced sugar and other raw materials that were exported to Europe, which were in turn manufactured into products or re-exported. This transaction greatly shaped the development of the United States and Europe. Barbados, St. Christopher, Brazil, Nevis, Montserrat, and other regions were transformed into slave-based plantation societies
Smuggling facilitates the illegal entry of person(s) from