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mercantalism

an economic system in which nations seek to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by establishing a favorable balance of trade
Parliament
the legislative body of England
Navigation Acts
a series of laws enacted by Parliament, beginning in 1651, to tighten England's control of trade in its American colonies
Glorious Revolution
the transfer of the British monarchy from James II to William and Mary in 1688-1689
salutary neglect
an English policy of relaxing the enforcement of regulations in its colonies in return for the colonies' continued economic loyalty
cash crop
a crop grown by a farmer for sale rather than for personal use
slave
a person who becomes the property of others
triangular trade
the transatlantic system of trade in which good and people, including slaves, were exchanged between Africa, England, Europe, the West Indies, and the colonies in North America
middle passage
the voyage that brought enslaved Africans to the West Indies and later to North America
Stono Rebellion
a 1739 uprising of slaves in South Carolina, leading to the tightening of already harsh slave laws
Enlightenment
an 18th-century intellectual movement that emphasized the use of reason and the scientific method as means of obtaining knowledge
Great Awakening
a revival of religious feeling in the American colonies during the 1730s and 1750s
French and Indian War
a conflict in North America, lasting from 1754 to 1763, that was a part of a worldwide struggle between France and Britian and that ended with the defeat of France and the transfer of French Canada to Britian
Proclamation of 1763
an order in which Britian prohibited its American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
Sugar Act
a trade law enacted by Parliament in 1764 in an attempt to reduce smuggling in the British colonies in North America