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Colonial Economy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Production, Distribution, Consumption,Goods, and Services | Economy |
| New England, Middle Colonies, and Southern Colonies | Economic Regions |
| Small farms, household items, and fur trapping and trading | Common Jobs |
| Timber, building ships, and fishing | New England |
| Staple crops (wheat,barley,oats), Shipyards, and trade | Middle Colonies |
| Cash Crops(tobacco,rice,indigo) | Southern Colonies |
| Slaves and indentured servants | Use of Labor |
| Works 4to7 years They stopped doing it because people told them about the harsh conditions. | Indentured Servant |
| Works his or her entire life time | Slave |
| New England: least Middle Colonies: middle Southern Colonies: most | Slave Labor by region |
| Creating and maintaining wealth by carefully controlling trade They make the colonists buy things from them and the colonists have to sell their productions with Britain also. | Mercantilism |
| Goods that are brought into our country that are made in another country | Import |
| Goods that are made in our country and ship to other countries | Export |
| When a country exports more than they import -Britain does it | Favorable Balance of Trade |
| Law made by Britain that stated the colonies could only trade with Britain -It ties in with mercantilism because they only get to trade and buy from one country. | Navigation Acts |
| making of an item | production |
| selling of an item | distribution |
| buying of an item | consumption |
| physical items | goods |
| helping someone else | services |