Slavery
This term refers to the system that involved shipping goods from Europe to Africa, slaves from Africa to the Americas, and raw materials from the Americas to Europe.
According to mercantilist theory, colonies were primarily established to benefit this country (think family).
What is the mother country?
The illegal movement of goods into or out of a country.
What is smuggling?
This economic system, prevalent in colonial America, focused on agriculture and included the cultivation of crops like tobacco, rice, and indigo.
What is the plantation system?
Enslaved Africans were often forced to grow this crop, due to their expertise in the growing of this crop.
What is rice?
Mercantilism often led to competition between European nations for control of these overseas territories.
What are colonies?
A system of transatlantic trade in the 16th century between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
What is Triangle Trade?
This religious group was found in the Middle Colonies and was known for being more tolerant of differences in belief.
These laws were established in the American colonies to control the behavior and movement of enslaved people.
What are the Slave Codes?
Colonies provided what item to the system of mercantilism.
A form of economic nationalism that sought to increase the prosperity and power of a nation through restrictive trade practices.
What is mercantilism?
This colonial region was known for trade and shipbuilding, and was founded for religious freedom.
What is New England?
This unique group in the lowcountry is known for its unique blend of African and American culture.
What is Gullah?
This type of economic policy under mercantilism was used to restrict colonial trade to ensure that colonies only traded with their mother country.
What are the Navigation Acts?
A tax imposed by a government on the value of imported or exported goods, including freight and insurance
What is a tariff?
Who are the Cherokee.
The slave codes were created in South Carolina following this event.
This British policy allowed the American colonies to operate with a high degree of autonomy and minimal interference in the early 18th century.
What is salutary neglect?
A series of laws passed by the British Parliament in the 17th and 18th centuries to regulate trade and commerce with other countries and colonies
What are the Navigation Acts?
This Native American tribe lived on the SC coast and survived off of fish and shellfish.
Who are the Yamasee