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Triangular Trade
Triangular Trade Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Import | To take in or buy goods from other countries |
| Export | To sell goods to other countries |
| Raw Materials | Materials before being processed or manufactured into a final form |
| Manufactured Goods | Products that have been made from raw materials especially as a large scale operation using machinery |
| Triangular Trade | A pattern of trade between England, Africa, and the American Colonists |
| Mercantialism | Creating and maintaining wealth by carfully controlling trade |
| Navigation Acts | Law made by Britain that stated the colonies could only trade with Britain |
| Favorable Balance of Trade | When a country exports more than it imports |
| New England Slave Labor | They used them the least because they had big families |
| Middle Slave Labor | They used them more because they had lots of staple crops to attend to |
| Southern Slave Labor | They used them the most because they had cash crops and they are harder to maintain then staple crops |
| Indentured Servant | Someone who works for four to seven years and whose boat trip is paid for and they have the same living conditions as slaves |
| Slave | Someone who has poor living conditions works for free for life |
| Economy | Responsible for the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services |
| Production | Making of goods |
| Distribution | The selling of goods and services |
| Consumption | The buying of goods and services |
| Goods | Any house hold item or object |
| Services | Anything you do to help someone |
| Common Jobs | Some common jobs where fur selling, making of house hold items, and family farms. |