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Period 2
100

This 1763 agreement ended the French and Indian War and removed France from North America.  

   What is the Treaty of Paris?  

100

This invention by Eli Whitney revolutionized cotton production and entrenched slavery in the South.  

  What is the cotton gin?  

200

The exchange of crops, animals, people, and diseases between the Old World and New World is known as this.  

 What is the Columbian Exchange?

200

The transportation of goods and people improved drastically with the development of this steam-powered vehicle by Robert Fulton.  

  What is the steamboat?  

300

This labor system was used by the Spanish to control and Christianize Native Americans in the New World.  

  What is the encomienda system?  

400

This economic policy sought to maximize exports, minimize imports, and increase wealth for European powers.

 What is mercantilism?  

500

The trade route that connected Africa, the Americas, and Europe for the exchange of goods and enslaved people was called this.  

  What is the triangular trade?