New England Economy

People are free to choose which goods to make/buy and which services to offer/use

• naval stores

• free-market

• export

• import

goods exiting the country

• naval stores

• free-market

• export

• import

products used to build ships

• naval stores

• free-market

• export

• import

goods entering the country

• naval stores

• free-market

• export

• import

route across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to the West Indies

• Middle Passage

• triangular trade route

• industry

• trading

____ became the center of New England's economy.

• Middle Passage

• triangular trade route

• industry

• trading

routes connecting England, the English colonies, and Africa

• Middle Passage

• triangular trade route

• industry

• trading

all of the businesses that make one kind of product or offer one kind of service

• Middle Passage

• triangular trade route

• industry

• trading

In the _____, some people in the colonies grew angry about the cruelty of the slave trade. Many groups tried to end slavery.

• 1600s

• 1700s

• 1800s

• 1900s

The _____ industry helped build up the economy by providing lumber which was sold to build houses, barns, churches, and ships.

• whaling

• fishing

• sheep

• logging