Colonies Critical Thinking Questions, Assignments, and Activities Why do you think the king of England was willing to let a group of merchants try to establish a colony in North America?Research and compare the dwellings of the colonists and the Native Americans. What did the Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut have in common?
How did New England’s natural resources help its commerce?Why did the Navigation Acts anger colonists?Most societies use a medium of exchange—something accepted in return for goods and services. Money is one medium of exchange. In the colonies, however, the people never had a form of money that had the same value everywhere and was accepted by everyone. Since using money presented problems, colonists often traded goods without the use of money. This is called barter. Research and find out more about barter to answer the following question. What are the advantages of barter?

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