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7-1Colony/Trade
World History
Term | Definition |
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Colony | a country under the control a more powerful nation or mother country |
Mercantilism | a trade system where the wealth of a country depends on its supply of gold and silver |
Mother country | a country that rules over a colony; Britain was the mother country of the 13 Colonies |
Tariff | a tax put on goods made in other countries |
Market | a place that buys the goods that a country makes |
Middle Passage | themost difficult leg of the triangular trade where enslaved Africans were transported from Africa to plantations in the Americas |
Jamestown | the first permanent British colony in America |
Triangular trade | a system in which goods and slaves moved between England, the American colonies, and West Africa. |
Export | to sell goods to another country |
Import | to buy goods from another country |
Favorable balance of trade | when a country exports (sells) more than it imports (buys) |
Entrepreneur | a persons who takes the financial risk by providing money to start a business |
Ecomienda | a system in which Native Americans had to work for European colonists and accept their religion |
Constitution | the document that describes the plan and rules for governing the United States |
Empire | a conquered land of many people and places governed by one ruler |
Columbian Exchange | the movement of people, plants, animals, diseases and ideas between Europe and the Americas in the 1400s and 1500s |
Circumnavigate | a journey around the world by ship |
Population | the number of people who live in a place |
Primary source | a record made by people who saw or took part in an event |