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Mercantilism
economic theory that a country should acquire as much bullion, or gold and silver, as possible by exporting more goods then it imports.
Balance of trade
Difference in value between imports and exports.
Duty
A tax on imports.
Salutary neglect
Great Britain’s policy in the early 1700’s of not interfering in the american colonies' politics and economy as long as such neglect served British economic interests.
Staple crop
A crop that is in constant demand, such as cotton, wheat, or rice.
Triangular trade
Trade between the Americas, Europe, and Africa.
Gentry
In colonial America, men and women wealthy enough to hire others to work for them.
Apprentice
Person placed under legal contract to work for another person in exchange for learning a trade.
Almanac
Book containing information such as calendars and weather predictions.
Indigo
Type of plant used in making a blue dye for cloth.
Self-sufficient
Having the necessary resources to get along without outside help.
Middle Passage
One leg of the triangular trade; term also used to refer to the forced transport of slaves from Africa to the Americas.
Mutiny
Revolt against a superior authority.
Stono Rebellion
Slave revolt in south Carolina in 1739.
Immigrant
Person who enters a new country to settle.
Migration
Movement of people for the purpose of settling in a new place.
Great awakening
Religious revival in the American colonies during the 1730’s and 1740’s.
Itinerant
Traveling from place to place, or on a circuit.
Dissent
Difference of opinion or belief.