Unit 6 AMSCO AP Europe SAQ 6.3 - Withrow

Use the passage below to answer all parts of the question that follows.

"No branch of political economy presents a greater diversity of views between men of theory and men of practice, than that which treats of international commerce and commercial policy. ... We have seen in our century, Prussia, a continental nation, as yet imperfectly prepared for manufacturing industry, seeking her welfare in the prohibitory system so condemned by theorists. And what has been her reward? National prosperity.

On the other hand, encouraged by promises of theory, the United States of America, which had made a rapid growth under the protective system, have been induced to open their ports to the manufactures of England; and what fruits has this competition borne? A periodical visitation of commercial disaster."

-Friedrich List, National System of Political Economy, 1856

(first published in 1841)

Describe the historical context in which List made his claims about trade policy.

Explain ONE element of List's point of view toward the group of people that he regarded as "men of theory."

Explain ONE example of evidence that List used to support his claim about trade policy.