APUSH 2.3 SBG

Goods sold to other countries

• export

• import

• mercantilism

• triangle trade

Goods brought in from other countries

• export

• import

• mercantilism

• triangle trade

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

• triangular trade

• cash crop

• joint stock company

• mercantilsim

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

• mercantilism

• charter

• triangular trade

• cash crop

The impact of mercantilism was that

• The rate of slavery in the Americas went down

• Trade was limited in the Atlantic

• The Colony grew wealthy

• The Mother Country grew wealthy

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

• mercantilism
• conversion
• colony
• city

What ocean was crossed on the Triangular trade routes?

• The Caribbean
• The Indian
• The Atlantic
• The Pacific

How did colonies help European nations (mother countries) that believed in mercantilism?

• Colonies provided more freedom for citizens

• Colonies provided markets for European nations where colonists were forced to buy manufactured goods.

• Colonies controlled the mother country

• Colonies dictated what would be produced in other European nations.

In the Triangle Trade, what sort of goods were being sent to the Americas and Africa from Europe?

• Slaves

• Raw materials (tobacco, cotton, sugar)

• Manufactured goods (cloth, tea, furniture)

What is the main goal of mercantilism?

• To make sure that all colonists get the goods and services they want

• To make sure all people of the world are treated equally

• To make a nation more powerful and rich

• To create the shipping routes of the Triangle Trade