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Mercantilism/Triangular Trade Quiz
Mercantilism/Triangular Trade Notes
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History
8th Grade
10/14/2009

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Term
Export
Definition
To sell goods
Term
Import
Definition
to buy goods
Term
Should a country export (sell) more goods or import (buy) more goods?
Definition
Export more goods so they can make more money for their country
Term

 

Free Enterprise

 

(Free-market economy)

 

 

 

Definition
Freedom for a business to compete for a profit with little government regulation
Term
Why were the 13 English colonies so important to to the country of England?
Definition
-a way to make money or an economic resource
Term
Smuggling
Definition
to illegally trade with other nations
Term
Mercantilism
Definition

An economic system where a colony provides resources to the mother country so the mother country can make a profit

 

 

Term
Manufactured Goods
Definition
Finished product goods / goods that have been "made" in England and shipped back to the 13 colonies
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Raw Goods
Definition

Natural goods such as wheat, lumber, tobacco, etc. that have not been processed

 

(mainly located in the 13 Colonies)

Term
Navigation Acts
Definition
Required the 13 Colonies to trade mainly with ENGLAND
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Triangular Trade
Definition

A trade route that exchanged goods between the West Indies, American colonies and West Africa

 

goods such as:

 

rum

slaves

molasses/sugar

 

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Middle Passage
Definition
The cruel and inhumane shipment of African slaves across the Atlantic Ocean to the West Indies
Term
Salutary Neglect
Definition

Beneficial Neglect

 

The colonists thought it was "beneficial" to them that England neglected them for some time

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Subsistence Farming
Definition
Producing enough food for a family to eat, but not to sell for a profit
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