MERCANTILISM WebQuest

Mr. Mallon 02/23/2006


1. What is the definition of mercantilism?  List the ten principles.  http://mars.acnet.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/wc2/lectures/mercantilism.html


2. What is the definition of Laissez-Faire. http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/l1/laissezf.asp


3.  Who was Adam Smith?  http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96jun/smith.html

4.   What were the Navigation Acts?  http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h621.html

5.  Explain how the ideas of Smith conflict with mercantilism. http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/Mercantilism.html