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Colonal Economy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What were the economics of the middle colonies | staple crops, shipyards and trading |
| What is import | Goods that are brought into our country that are made in another country |
| what is export | Goods that are made in our country and shipped 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 and the American Colonists |
| Mercantilism | Creating and maintaining wealth by carefully controlling trade. |
| Navigation Acts | Law made by Britain that stated colonies could only trade with Britain |
| Favorable Balance of Trade | When a country exports more than it imports, |
| Economies | THe branch of knowledge concerned with the production, consumption, and transfer of wealth. |
| Production | Making of an item |
| Distribution | Selling of an item |
| Consumption | Buying of an item |
| Goods | A physical item |
| Services | AN act of helping someone |
| Indentured Servant | A person who agrees to work 4-7 years in exchange for a voyage to America |
| Slave | Forced labor with no pay and a lifetime of service. |
| What were the New England jobs | cutting timber making boats and fishing |
| The middle colonies did what? | They planted staple crops |
| Examples of staple crops | wheat,oats and barley |
| examples of cash crops | indigo, rice, tobacco |
| New England had the lowest or highest amount of slaves | lowest |
| Who had the highest amount of slaves. New England the Middle colonies or the southern coloneis | The southern colonies |