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| Mercantilism | the idea that a nation's power is related to its wealth and should gain more wealth and resources from its colonies |
| colony | a country that is established to benefit its parent country |
| Christopher Columbus | hired by the King and Queen of Spain to find a westward route to Asia; landed in the America's and thus began the Columbian Exchange |
| Columbian Exchange | the exchange of raw materials in the Americas back to Europe where goods could be manufactured |
| Native Americans | suffered the most during the Columbian Exchange; many were killed or enslaved; loss of land and materials |
| slave trade | capturing, transporting, and selling people |
| Triangular Trade | involved the movement of goods and people from Europe, Africa, and the Americas |
| Effects of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade | destabilized Africa and made it easier for European Colonial Powers to establish colonies in Africa |
| The Middle Passage | the voyage of enslaved people from Africa to the New World |
| Triangular Trade--Americas to Europe | raw materials |
| Triangular Trade--Europe to Africa | manufactured goods |
| Triangular Trade--Africa to Americas | enslaved people |
