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Colonal Economy
Question | Answer |
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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 |