Colonialism Vocab

Mercantilism

• special rules for buying and selling things

• a trade route between Africa, Europe, and the Americas

• a trade route between the Old and New Worlds

• the belief in only one god

Triangular Trade

• trade between 3 continents; called this because of its shape

• when a person would rather have a triangle than a square and exchange these shapes

• a type of colony where the point is to make money for the king

• a major trade route used in the ancient world between Europe and China

Columbian Exchange

• The same thing as the Triangular Trade; goods traded between the Old World and the New World

• Trade conducted between Columbus and the Native American peoples

• The major trade route between Europe and China over land

• A new student that moved here from Colombia

Cash crop

• Money does grow on trees and vines and roots

• A crop specifically grown to sell and make money

• The plant used to make paper money

• Food that tastes so good it must be expensive

people who left their home, England, because they wanted to worship and pray to their God in their own special way

• Pilgrims

• Quakers

• Puritans

• Settlers

People who came to the New World to try to purify the Church of England

• Pilgrims

• Quakers

• Puritans

• Settlers

A religion that teaches that God is within each of us; known for shaking during prayer

• Pilgrims

• Quakers

• Puritans

• Settlers

Opposite of the Enlightenment which focused on logic and reasoning, this is when people got very excited about church and God again

• Great Awakening

• Great Revival

• Protestant Reformation

• Columbian Exchange

Colony

• A conquered area of land owned by another larger country that becomes a new home for some people from that larger country

• An invading force that conquers anyone who stands in their way and adds their territory to their mass

• The exact same thing as a state

• This doesn't apply to humans; only ants create colonies

Which type of colony is completely run by the king?

• Royal

• Charter

• Proprietary