the purpose of this act was to protect its sugar plantations from the more fertile lands of the french and spanish colonies in the west indies, also because it was an act passed by the parliament of great britain on the american colonies in order to raise revenue
The author compares countries to eggs.
Pre-Columbian = pre-1492
Age of Exploration = 15th century - 18th century
Colonial Era = 16th century - 20th century
Revolutionary Period = 1764-1789
