Colonial America Flashcard

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Which group of people willingly agreed to work for a period of years in exchange for passage to the New World?

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Indentured servants

Front

Which group of people were kidnapped from Africa, brought to America, had no rights and were forced to work with no pay?

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Enslaved Africans

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A system in which the king tried to increase his nation's wealth by having colonies only trade with the mother country.

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mercantilism

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3 sided trade route between the 13 Colonies, the West Indies, and Africa; included the slave trade

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triangular trade

Front

Land the mother country takes in a distant place and uses to make money for itself is a _____________.

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colony

Front

People who worked with their hands to manufacture items were known as:

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Artisan

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The Pilgrims were "separatists" meaning they wanted:

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to break from the Church of England

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The King of England ignored the colonies breaking trade laws and having their own governments as long as he got his money. This is called:

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Salutary Neglect