| A | B |
|---|
| Balance of Trade | The relationship between a country's imports and exports. |
| Mercantilism | An economic system based on trade. |
| Colony | A settlement of land ruled by another country. |
| Exports | Goods sent out of the country for sale. |
| Imports | Goods brought into the country for sale. |
| Raw Materials | Materials found in nature that are used for economic gain. |
| Parliament | The legislative (law making) body in the English government |
| Navigation Acts | A series of laws passed by Parliament to regulate trade in the 13 Colonies. |
| Dominion of New England | A union of all English colonies from Maine to New Jersey. |
| Glorious Revolution | The transfer of the British monarchy from James II to William and Mary in 1688. |
| Salutary Neglect | An English policy of relaxing the enforcement of regulations in the American colonies in return for their economic loyalty. |
| Smuggle | To move goods illegally in or out of a country. |
| Persecute | To subject someone to hostility or mistreatment because of their beliefs |
| Cash Crop | A crop grown primarily for sale, not for personal use. |
| Triangular Trade | A series of trade routes that connected Europe, Africa and the Americas. |
| Middle Passage | The journey of African slaves from Africa to the Americas across the Atlantic Ocean. |
| Stono Rebellion | A 1739 slave rebellion near Charleston, SC |
| Rural | relating to the countryside |
| West Indies | The islands of the Caribbean Sea. |
| Bondage | The state of being a slave |
| Endure | To tolerate or suffer through |
| Militia | A small, voluntary army |
| Enlightenment | An 18th century movement focusing on the use of reason and logic to understand the world. |
| Great Awakening | An 18th century religious revival that swept through the 13 English Colonies. |
| New France | The general name for all French colonies in North America (mostly modern day Canada) |
| French and Indian War | A war between England and France for control of North America. |
| Proclamation of 1763 | English policy of banning colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. |
| Sugar Act | Law passed by Parliament in an effort to reduce smuggling in the Colonies. |
