Word definitions
Word definitions
Word definitions
13 colonies (global trade)
100

A newly established community in a previously uninhabited place

Settlement 

100

A mixture of different types, or an assortment

Diversity 

100

People who buy and sell goods for a profit 

Merchants 

100

What goods were shipped from the west Indies to North America? 

Enslaved people, Shugar, Molasses 

100

Reasons for doing certain actions or behaving in a particular manner 

Motivations 

100

A tropical plant grown as a source of dark blue dye 

Indigo 

100

A system or network for the exchange of goods and services 

Economy 

100

What goods were shipped from North America to Europe?

Whale oil, Rice, Furs, Tobacco 

100

A system of market economies were the market sets its own prices relatively free from government interference 

Free market 

100

Ones who manage colonies as owners 

Proprietors 

100

A place for storage of weapons, ammunition, and explosives 

Magazine 

100

What goods were shipped to Africa?

What goods were shipped from Africa?

Whale oil, Rice, Furs, Tobacco

Enslaved people 

100

protected places along a shore deep enough for anchoring ships 

Harbors 

100

People who move into a new land or colony to live

Settlers 

100

A tropical American herb grown for its nicotine-rich leaves 

Tobacco 

100

Which part of the 13 colonies shipped whale oil?

Which two metals were important factors in the trade patterns?


New England 

Iron and Gold 

100

Things wanted to add comfort or ease to living but not needed 

Luxurles

100

Antagonistic or unfriendly 

Hostile 

100

Moving with noisy energy 

Bustling 

100

Did the 13 colonies ship sugar to Europe? If not, where was sugar shipped from?

No, It was from the West Indies

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