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U.S. History 1
American Colonies Vocab
WORDS | DEFINITION |
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cash crop | any crop that is considered easily marketable, as wheat or cotton |
middle passage | the part of the Atlantic Ocean between the west coast of Africa and the West Indies: the longest part of the journey formerly made by slave ships |
mercantalism | mercantile practices or spirit; commercialism |
triangular trade | a pattern of colonial commerce in which slaves were bought on the African Gold Coast with New England rum and then traded in the West Indies for sugar or molasses, which was brought back to New England to be manufactured into rum |
puritan | a member of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within the Church of England, demanding the simplification of doctrine and worship, and greater strictness in religious discipline: during part of the 17th century the Puritans became a pow |
Massachusetts Bay Colonies |