Colonialism and Representative Gov't

Crops grown in large amounts to be sold for profit

• cash crops

• slavery

• mercantilism

• coureurs de bois

A system of enforced servitude in which some people are owned by other people.

• slavery

• conquistador

• monarch

• coureurs de bois

belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism.

• mercantilism

• conquistador

• cash crops

• coureurs de bois

the three main reasons for the European age of exploration

• God, Gold, Glory

• Cash crops, mercantilism, monopoly

• colony, missionary, gold

• God, cash crops, caravel

An economic system used by European countries to gain power by controlling the wealth of colonies

• merchantilism

• smuggling

• Slave Trade

• Middle Passage

How did most settlers in the Southern Colonies make their living?

• Farming

• Manufacturing

• Fishing

• Trade

How did England view its North American colonies (Economically)?

• Ecnomic Drain

• Economic Resource

• A savage land

• Place to put criminals

Who provided labor for the Southern rice fields?

• Enslaved Africans

• Indentured Servants

• Overseers

• Paid Workers

What was the important economic industry in the New England colonies?

• Farming

• Shipbuilding

• Cash Crops

• Trade

What is Mercantilism?

• Raw materials exported from colonies to England

• Slave Trade

• Mining

• Farming for the Family