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AP U.S. History Exam 1.4. According to the excerpt, how were the economic strategies of the English colonies different from those of other European nations?
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[ musical flourish ]
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And here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by silk farming,
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the most fashionable agricultural pursuit.
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Yeah. The silk tie I want.
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All right, first up, the excerpt.
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Hey, is that from those worms? That spit out the silk? Cool.
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All right. [ mumbles ]
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All right, and now the question:
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According to the excerpt,
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how were the economic strategies of the English colonies
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different from those of other European nations?
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And here are your potential answers.
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[ mumbles ]
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[ mumbling continues ] All right, here we go.
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Europeans were literally and figuratively
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all over the map during the Age of Exploration,
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with each country taking a different approach to
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colonizing the Americas.
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Let's see which answer best describes how the English
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distinguished themselves from the rest.
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All right. Were the economic strategies of the English colonies
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different because A - the Spanish had better
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trade relationships with Native Americans?
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Hmm. Well, actually, it was the French and Dutch
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who traded with Native Americans to get their precious furs,
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not iron ore, mind you.
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The Spanish and English relied more on enslavement
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and marginalization. Effective, sure, but, uh,
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not very well-received. So that knocks out A and D.
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Did England's approach differ from other European countries because B -
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Dutch colonists had a long-established and profitable silk trade?
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Hmm. Well, the excerpt refers to
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"skillful men from Naples or Siciliy
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to teach us the art" of making silk.
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That's Italy, not the Netherlands.
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So it's a-not-a B, either.
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Which means that the economic strategies of the English colonies were
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different from other European nations because C -
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the English based their colonies on the development of agriculture.
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Even though it took Virginians a little while to get the hang of things,
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the introduction of tobacco really turned things around
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and the colony was soon soiled with profits. [ chuckles ]
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So C is the right answer.
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As those tobacco plantations took off,
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agriculture became Virginia's economic savior.
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"Holy smoke" is right.
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[ angelic harmony ]
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