| A | B |
|---|
| balance of trade | difference in value between imports and exports |
| duty | tax on imports |
| mercantilism | the belief that a country's wealth was based on how much gold or silver bullion it had |
| salutary neglect | policy of leaving the New England Colonies alone because it best served Britain's interest |
| staple crop | agricultural product that is always in demand |
| triangular trade | colonial New England's trade between 3 points in the Atlantic |
| Dominion of New England | created by King James II in 1686; New York and New England |
| Navigation Acts | stated that the colonies could only trade with England and had to use British ships |
| House of Burgesses | Colonial legislatures |
| Southern Colonies | Depended on slaves for agricultural success |
| Tobacco and rice | staple crops grown in the southern colonies |
| provide raw materials | a colony's function under the mercantile system |
| gentry | wealthy men and women |
| almanac | book containing information and advice |
| apprentice | person who worked for another person in exchange for learning a trade |
| indigo | plant used in making a blue dye |
| self-sufficient | able to provide for its own needs |
| Colonial American society organized according to a belief in: | the inequality of people |
| Married women in colonial America | legally dependent on their husbands |
| ted politics in America | white male landowners |
| Artisans | workers with a skilled trade |
| Indentured servants | in exchange for passage to America, they agree to work for a period of 7 years |
| Poor Richard's Almanac | written by Benjamin Franklin |
| dissent | difference of opinion |
| Great Awakening | revival of religious feeling in the 1730s and 1740s |
| immigrant | people who settle in a new country |
| itinerant | moves from place to place |
| Middle Passage | forced transport of slaves from Africa to the Americas |
| mutiny | revolt |
| Stono Rebellion | slave revolt in South Carolina in 1739 |
| main reason for on Middle Passage | crowded and unsanitary conditions |
| cultivated by enslaved people in S.Carolina and Georgia. | rice and indigo |
| More African-American traditions kept in this area | South Carolina and Georgia |
| European and African cultures blended in this area | Viriginia and Maryland |
| reason Native Americans moved west | colonists moved west |
| Problem caused by increased colonial population | shortage of land |
| Area where tensions between Native Americans, British, and French collided | Ohio Valley |
| Many enslaved Africans' view of whites | They were cannibals |
| Fortreses built in the cliffs of Africa during Slave trade | "Points of No Return" |
| Percentage of slaves who died on the Middle Passage | 20 |
| Jonathan Edwards | Preacher who sparked the Great Awakening |
| Reasons for population growth in colonies | immigration and higher birth rate |
