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US Box Quiz 1
Box Quiz 1
Question | Answer |
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Sugar Act | 1764 – law in which parliament established the first direct taxation of goods and services within the British colonies in North America |
Mercantilism | an economic system in which nations seek to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold, silver and establishing a favorable balance of trade |
Parliament | the legislative body of England |
Navigation Acts | a series of laws enacted by Parliament, beginning in 1651, to tighten England’s control of trade in the American colonies |
Cash Crop | a crop grown by a farmer for sale rather than for personal use |
Middle Passage | the voyage of that brought enslaved Africans to the West Indies and later to North America |
Triangular Trade | the transatlantic system of trade in which goods and people, including slaves, were exchanged between Africa, England, Europe, the West Indies, and the colonies of North America |
Stamp Act | 1765- Required colonists to purchase special stamped paper for every legal document, license, newspaper, pamphlet and imposed special “stamp duties” on packages of playing cards and dice |
Townshend Acts | a series of laws enacted by Parliament in 1767, establishing indirect taxes on goods imported from Britain by the British colonies in North America |