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Capitalism and Slave trade

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Capitalism   A system in which people, rather than governments, own property, make goods, and buy and sell them freely.  
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Middle Class   A group made up of merchants and artisans.  
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Entrepreneur   One who organizes, pays for, and takes on the risk of setting up a business.  
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Joint Stock Company   A business in which investors buy shares in the company.  
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Commerce   An exchange of goods, business  
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Free Enterprise   The freedom of private business to compete for profits without government involvement.  
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Columbian Exchange   A global exchange of people, goods, technology and ideas - and even diseases.  
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Immunity   The body's ability to resist infection.  
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Trading Post   Outposts for the purpose of trade.  
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Plantation Colony   A colony made up of large estates or farms that used enslaved people or hired workers to grow and harvest crops.  
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Settlement Colony   Territories governed by the homeland that hoped to attract enough people to establish a firm foothold in another land.  
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Indentured Servants   European workers who signed contracts to work for a set number of years to pay off their trip to the Americas.  
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Encomienda System   Spain awarded nobles large grants of land and gave them the right to use the labor of Native Americans.  
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Cash Crop   Crops grown in large amounts to be sold for profit  
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Triangular Trade   3 legged trade journey between Europe- Africa and the Americas.  
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Viceroy   Spanish royal representatives who they sent to the Americas to set the laws and regulate trade.  
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Atlantic Slave Trade   Capture and transport of Africans into bondage in the Americas.  
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Middle Passage   Middle part of the triangular trade that consisted of transporting enslaved Africans to the Americas.  
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Missionaries   People who taught and spread Christianity.  
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Converts   People who change their beliefs to another religion or faith.  
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Isolationism   A policy of turning inwards from the world.  
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