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Jamestown

1st successful English colony

Representative gov't

House of Burgesses/ May Flower Compact / Town meetings

Mercantilism

Economic idea that only mother country ( England) should benefit from colonies

Navigation Acts

Colonial goods can only be purchased from England/ Natural resources in colonies are owned by England