Project Description Slide 1

Purpose:
To demonstrate your knowledge of
social studies vocabulary while
highlighting key causes of the
American Revolution
To familiarize yourself with google
presentation platform
LT: I can use social studies vocabulary and
concepts to explain the causes of the
American Revolution
Overview: You will create a digital model
in google presentation of the Mercantile
system between Britain and the Colonies.
You will define, giving examples of, and
explaining the role of the complex social
studies terms we have been discussing in
class thus far.

Types of Slides and what you do with them

Toolbox Slide: This slide contains
useful images, symbols, and clipart to
help you express your ideas and
understandings. You will delete this slide
before turning in the assignment.
The Mercantile Definition Slide: This
is a slide which introduces your work.
You dont do anything with it, but if you
ever show this presentation to a
friend/family member it will be helpful.
Mercantile Model Slide: This slide is
where you represent your ideas and
understandings. It is where you depict
the mercantile system through images,
symbols, and clipart.
Concept Slide: A Concept slide is
where you define key terms/concepts,
provide examples, and explain how
these terms/concepts are related to the
mercantile system.

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Requirements
For the Mercantile Model Slide:
Create an accurate and effective digital
model of the mercantile system using at
least 6 (12 for honors students) LINCs
vocabulary words.
Each word in the model must be
depicted by an image, symbol, or clipart
Each depiction needs to be
hyperlinked to a concept slide
The model needs to be explained in the
space provided
For the Concept Slides:
Create a definition in your own words of
each of the 6 (12 for honors) LINCs
Vocabulary words you choose to depict in
your model
Provide at least one example for each
word
Create an explanation of how each of the 6
(12 for honors) LINCs vocabulary words fits
into the mercantile model (what part they
each play)

Resources
Vocab Theatre (1/12)
Cornell Notes Mercantilism
(1/12)
Mercantilism Lecture Presentat
ion
(click)
American Revolution LINCs Voc
abulary
(click)
Mercantilism Video CEQ (3/17)
Mercantilism Video (click)
3 Aspects of Mercantilism
Accumulation of Specie
Protection of domestic
industries from foreign
products
Use colonies for...
Obtaining Raw Materials
Captive market for
Manufactured Goods
(Your mercantile model needs to
reflect these three aspects)

Rubric
Exem
plary
(4)

Profi
cient
(3)

Deve
lopin
g (2)

Begi
nning
(1)

Mo
del

The
mode
l is
profe
ssion
al
and
exhib
its a
deep
unde
rstan
ding
of the
3
aspe
cts
merc
antili
sm

The
mode
l is
accur
ate
and
effect
ive. It
exhib
its a
clear
unde
rstan
ding
of the
3
aspe
cts of
merc
antili
sm

The
mod
el is
som
ewha
t
uncle
ar. It
exhib
its
som
e
unde
rstan
ding
of
merc
antili
sm

The
mod
el is
confu
sing
or
inco
mplet
e. It
does
not
exhib
it an
unde
rstan
ding
of
the
conte
nt

Voc

More

All

Som

Many

Toolbox
Helpful images to represent
relationships, movement,
and verbs

Frog or
Scorpion

Frog and
Scorpion

Helpful images to represent

concepts, vocab, ideas, and nouns

Color Scheme
of the
presentation

Boats
!

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Next

Mercantilism is a
complex economic
and historical concept
which governed the
trade and commercial
decisions of the
British Empire during
the American Colonial
era.
This is how it works...

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Mercantilism included avid trading between Britain and the Colonies,

almost continually importing and exporting goods.

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Domestic

Domestic means existing or occurring in a particular

place, like a country or region

This fits into the mercantile model through the fact

that the colonies were trading their goods from
region to region within themselves without an okay
from britain.

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Foreign

Existing or occurring outside a particular country;

international

There was also a lot of foreign trading going on.

Britain and the colonies traded often and sometimes
even traded with France directly for raw materials.

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Import

Bringing materials/goods into a country from abroad

for sale

Because they did not have the same materials as

they did in Britain, the colonies imported things such
as tea, teacups, and furniture.

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Raw Material

The basic material from which a manufactured good

is made (i.e. lumber)

The abundance of raw materials in the colonies made

it easier for britain to make products in bulk and
sell/trade more often.

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Manufactured Good

Product which is made from raw materials (i.e.

furniture)

Britain, using the raw materials sent to them by the

colonies, produces manufactured goods in bulk that
they then sold and traded for a large profit.

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Cash Crop

a crop produced for its commercial value rather than

for use by the grower (i.e. cotton)

Tobacco and Cotton are important cash crops that the

colonies produced that made them a large revenue
when they traded with Britain.

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Specie

Money in the form of coins, rather than bills (i.e. a

quarter)

Back in the 1600s, it was common to be trading in

the form of coins rather than bills.

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Captive Market

Market where consumers face a limited number of

competitive suppliers

The colonies were not free to trade with anybody

they wanted because of the rules with Britain, so
they found themselves in a captive market when
trying to trade.

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Export

Sending materials/goods out of the country for sale

abroad

The colonies often exported their raw materials to

Britain, who, in turn, produced manufactured goods
and exported them back to the colonies.

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Tariff

A tax on imports, usually to protect a nations

domestic industries

Once they began to get greedy, Britain put unfair

tariffs on things like tea and paper; things they knew
the colonies would not stop buying.

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Monopoly

The exclusive control of the supply or trade in a

region

Britain forced the colonies into a monopoly because

they could not risk all of their goods being traded
with other countries, such as asia or france.

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Protectism

When a country sheilds its domestic goods from

foreign competition by taxing imports. (i.e tariffs)

Britain had tariffs on all of their exported goods so

that they could get more money than they needed.

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Salutary

Beneficial

All of the laws and rules were beneficial to Britain,

but somewhat annoying to the colonies.

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Staple Crop

Crop eaten routinely and in such quantities it is a

dominant part of the standard diet

Some staple crops in the colonies included corn and

wheat; they were easy to grow and were good for
storing through wintertime.