1a Mercantilism_US History

Mercantilism

• first permanent English colony

• Mercantilism

• colonies exist to serve the motherland

• wealth and power

• England competed against Europe for this

• religious or political

• import less and export more to England

• Mercantilism

• why colonists came to North America

• Jamestown

What continent listed is NOT a part of the Triangular Slave Trade?

• Asia

• Europe

• Africa

• North America

The trading of slaves in exchange for manufactured goods and crops was known as 

• The Pacific System.
• The Slave Trade System.
• The Colombian Exchange.
• The Atlantic System.

The buying and selling of Africans for work in the Americas was called the -?

• Middle Passage
• Triangular Trade
• Atlantic Slave Trade
• The Bermuda Triangle

Which phrase accurately describes the conditions aboard the slave ship?

• Luxurious 
• Accommodating
• Spacious 
• Dark and Claustrophobic 

What is mercantilism?

• A system where a mother countries gains money and power from natural resources that come from its colonies.
• where colonies trade gold and silver with each other.
• Wars that start over money.
• Plantation colonies trading slaves for money.

The part of the Triangular Trade used to transport slaves from Africa to the West Indies and the 13 colonies was called...

• The Slave Journey
• The Middle Passage
• The Northwest Passage 

Navigation Acts

• A person or company who sells goods/products (merchandise)

• In: goods coming into a country

• Exit: goods going out of a country (selling)

• The specific laws passed by England to control the trade

Imports

• A person or company who sells goods/products (merchandise)

• In: goods coming into a country

• Exit: goods going out of a country (selling)

• The specific laws passed by England to control the trade

Exports

• A person or company who sells goods/products (merchandise)

• In: goods coming into a country

• Exit: goods going out of a country (selling)

• The specific laws passed by England to control the trade