Question

Identify the goods produced in colonial Georgia and explain how these goods contributed to mercantilism 15pts

Answer 1

With the establishment of trade towns such as Savannah, the Georgia Colony was able to use the natural resources and raw materials available to develop trade in crops, such as, tobacco, cotton, rice, indigo, lumber, furs, fish, pottery, sugar and farm products.  

Mainly these were products of slave plantations.  The colonists did not like the Mercantilism system as it is a system designed to benefit mainly the country that has established the colones.  it was designed to benefit their home country, Great Britain, in that the colonies were to provide the raw materials, then shipping them to Britain to make finished products and them having to buy the finished products.  

To enforce mercantilism in the colonies, the British passed a series of laws restricting what the colonist could do, such as requiring the colonist to only transport  goods using British ships.  In time, the colonist rejected this, and resorted to smuggling from other countries.   When the British began to crack down on smuggling, the colonists naturally resisted.  

Source: the Foundation for Economic Education

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:  The goods produced in colonial Georgia that contributed to mercantilism were the lands for the cultivation and trade of slaves (who were brought from Africa in large quantities), goods that were acquired with large plantations of products such as rice, tobacco, cotton and sugar, which were grown on farms belonging to English owners, who saw in the trade of these products great wealth that remarkably contributed to mercantilism since the English Crown intervened directly through the protection of its local economy for these activities.