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T. T. & economy
triangular trade and economy between england middle and southern colonies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| distribution | selling of an item |
| consumption | buying of an item |
| production | making of an item |
| good | physical item ( food clothing ) |
| service | an act for someone ( teacher lawyer doctor ) |
| common jobs | farming trapping and trading furs making household items |
| pursuits in new England | fishing timber ship building |
| pursuits in middle | growing staple crops shipyards |
| pursuits in southern | cash crops |
| import | goods that our brought into our country that are made in another country |
| export | goods that are made in our country and shipped to other countries |
| favorable balance of trade | when a country exports more than they import |
| indentured servants | person who agrees to work for 4-7 years in exchange a voyage to america |
| slave | forced to labor without pay for a lifetime of service |
| new england slaves | 1000 to 5000 slaves |
| middle colony slaves | 10000 or 13000 10 15000 slaves |
| southern colony slaves | 230000 slaves |
| mercantilism | creating and maintaining wealth by carefully controlling trade |
| navigation acts | law made by Britain that states that colonies could only trade with Britain. |
| staple crops | always in demand |
| examples of staple crops | corn oat wheat barley |
| cash crops | grown to make money |
| examples of cash crops | tobacco indigo rice |
| stopping of indentured servants | people refused to become indentured servants because of the terrible conditions |
| Britain mercantilism | they controlled the colonies |
| Favorable balance of trade (who had it) | Britain |
| navigation acts into mercantilism | Britain controlled the colonies by maintaining and creating wealth of trade |